Flint Hills Books and Riverbank Brewing in Council Grove, Kan., hosted Robert Rebein, author of the novel The Last Rancher (Meadowlark Press). Some 36 attendees turned out, despite the 100-degree temps. Flint Hills Books owner Jennifer Kassebaum (above, left) said, "The Last Rancher is one of my favorite books of the summer. This is a modern western, a family saga, that can be compared to McMurtry or Stegner but like all titles, is uniquely its own. Readers will not be disappointed."