Not long after we met, he put in my hands a book he bought when Box came to Books in Bloom in Eureka Springs in 2012. He had found Box's books because Box and his hero are both fly fishermen - and fly fishing is one of Gordon's own great passions. The series is the only reading material my partner, Gordon, and I share. I recently learned that of the top 10 books checked out in Wyoming libraries, seven are mine. "I'm not sure the percentage of Wyoming folks that are readers," he adds, "but it seems to be quite high. "I do book signings where the fans are made up of working cowboys, lawyers, politicians, janitors, carpenters. "It's been especially wonderful to see how the books have been embraced by all walks of life in Wyoming," says Box, who was born in Casper and still lives in his home state. The novel remained on the New York Times list for five consecutive weeks. 2 on the Wall Street Journal list and No. 2 on the New York Times Best Seller List, No. Wolf Pack, the most recent installment, debuted in March at No. It wasn't long before Joe Pickett, an everyman clad in faded Wranglers, a red Wyoming Game and Fish emblazoned shirt and his trademark beat-up gray Stetson Rancher hat, had captured the imagination of readers far beyond his beloved Bighorn Mountains.
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