Cidermaster of Rio Oscuro

"Each spring snowmelt in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains makes its way through wandering but determined tributaries that water pueblos, pastures, fields, and orchards in the chain of narrow valleys leading to the Rio Grande. In Cidermaster of Rio Oscuro, one of these orchards is the setting for fourteen seasons of growth and harvest and one man's meditation on the natural cycles of life and death."--BOOK JACKET.