For the Colemans, the West of Bierstadt and Moran is worth holding on to, even as another wave of modernity is at their door. “I don’t know if it’s a yearning or a harkening back to— not even a simpler time—it was even harder, probably, to live back in those days,” says Nicholas. “Teddy Roosevelt put it well when
he was talking about living the strenuous life, life on the edge. It was harder to eke out an existence and survive.”
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