Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times / MCT
Lynda (Mad Dog) German, 66, left, and Polly (Pilgrim) Hinds, 58, owners of Mad Dog and The Pilgrim Booksellers in Sweetwater Station, Wyo., are photographed Sept. 15, 2013, with their donkey Rucia, next to a garage filled with 600 cases of books.