Alamo Ranch: A Story of New Mexico

The narrative takes place at a New Mexico mesa ranch converted into a health resort for consumptives, where a mix of invalids and their companions gather amid sunlit alfalfa fields and dramatic mountain views. It follows the energetic Leonard Starr and an ensemble of boarders—the antiquary, the grumbler, a genial minister, and others—whose daily lives combine hunting, conversation, and small kindnesses. Through vivid landscape description and character sketches, the work examines coping with illness, fellowship, hope and resignation, and the quieter dramas of human temperament within the pressure of fragile health.