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In Long Shadow, we meet Billy Boyle, a rugged, straightforward rancher who feels most at home among the cattle and horses of the range. When Alexander P. Dill, a merchant from Michigan with little knowledge of livestock, turns to Billy for help in navigating the cattle business, Billy is more than willing to lend a hand. But as they face the unpredictable weather, the challenges of barbed wire, and the secretive schemes of the enigmatic old man Brown, Billy realizes that success wont come easy. Meanwhile, he cant shake his concern for Flora Bridger and the mysterious Pilgrim, whose intentions ...

The United Kingdom accrued considerable financial debts to the United States during and immediately after the First World War. In 1934, the British government unilaterally suspended payment on these debts. This book examines why the United Kingdom was one of the last major powers to default on its war debts to the United States and how these outstanding obligations affected political and economic relations between both governments.