Sweet Promised Land

A beautiful story told by a son of his father’s immigration from the Basque Country to the United States. Laxalt shares his father’s experience working in Nevada as a sheepherder and after 50 years he and his father go back to the Basque Country together. This book is an easy read; more importantly, Laxalt tells a moving story and brings the reader along to really picture and appreciate the harsh Nevada elements.