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    Farrington Carpenter's autobiography is an entertaining piece of writing. Princeton educated and a born story teller, Carpenter writes in a jaunty, bemused style.

     The book goes into considerable detail about the Taylor Grazing Act, and Carpenter's role in implementing it, as well as his feud with his then-boss, Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes.

      But the book also has wonderful chapters on how the boy from Indiana found his way to Hayden, Colorado, and how he managed a small cattle ranch while he went east to complete a degree at Princeton, and then a law degree at Harvard.

     The book is out of print now, but you can still find used copies for sales. And many libraries in Colorado, including the Mesa County Library, have copies of it.