THE LAST COWBOYS is one NPR’s Bes Books of 2018. " John Branch's portrait of a longtime Mormon ranching and champion rodeo family has all the trappings of a can't-put-it-down modern Western…a smart portrayal of a way of life that's slipping away even in the rural West…an almost mythical area that has long been woven tightly in American identity, and there's a lot in these pages that could help us better understand what's behind this country's deepening urban-rural divisions," says Kirk Siegler, correspondent, National Desk.