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Job History
"Job History" is part of a short story series, ''Close Range: Wyoming Stories'' by Annie Proulx. It takes place in the author's home town of Cora, Wyoming. The story follows the life of the main character Leeland Lee and his unsuccessful attempts to find a successful career. The occasional mention of the radio news report throughout the story relates to Leelands struggles and disappointment. His lack of education and unavailability of jobs in his home town makes life very difficult for him so he moves various times to seek occupation. His determination is commendable but in the end his efforts are futile as he lives his life in discontent.
==Plot summary==
Leeland Lee was an awkward-looking young boy, raised in a small town along with his five siblings. He quits high school at seventeen and marries his school mate Lori, who is impregnated by him. He gets a job at the local gas station, Egge's Service Station, pumping gas. The business, however, goes bankrupt and Leeland decides to join the army. He is stationed in Germany for six years where he is then discharged, and, once again, discontented and jobless. He returns to his home town in Wyoming, where he gets a seasonal job as a worker for a fencing crew; this doesn't last long as he decides to move his family to Casper. He finds another job as a truck driver; meanwhile his new home is in a cramped trailer park. Lori gets pregnant again and Leeland quits his job and returns to Unique where his parents are. He decides to open a new business with his savings but fails miserably and the business goes into bankruptcy after a couple months. He finds another job as a construction worker but quits shortly afterward due to disagreements with his employer; meanwhile, more tragedies are heard on the news.
Leeland decides to try something different and takes a job at a meat processing factory, working for Old Man Brose. It turned out that he loved working with meat and had a talent for cutting precise pieces. Lori and Leeland ended up signing a ten-year lease on the company while Mr. Brose takes a vacation. Things seemed to be looking up as his eldest son graduated and signed up for the army, there was also good news on the radio. Their success, however, was very short lived as the economy went into a recession and the company was sold. This did not bode well with Mr. Brose on his return from his trip.
Jobless and disappointed once again, Leeland and family move again where he does a series of odd jobs which included raising hogs with his father, truck driving and a stay-at-home dad. None were successful but he continued to try to make things work. His son returns home, after being discharged, and proposed a plan for them to start a company raising hogs. Leeland was extremely excited but the son changed his mind and moved to Phoenix. Bad luck continues to follow Leeland as his mother dies and is wife is diagnosed with cancer and is also pregnant. Shortly after Lori dies and the family blames him, his youngest son is taken away and goes to live with his eldest sister. In the end he found a job working a cook which surprisingly he was very good at. His son returns from Phoenix decides they should open up a motorcycle repair shop.
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