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Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989. H2 - Book has "DAMAGE BOOKS" stamped on the bottom, some chippings and residue on the front and back, crease/peeling on the front bottom right corner, discoloration and shelf wear otherwise good. The son of pioneer Texans, Edward Everett Dale drew upon his own memories and the memories of people he had known to re-create the lifeways fo the western frontier. He writes.... First Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Thurgood, Malcolm. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The University of Chicago Press, 1966. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The University of Chicago Press, 1966. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Univ of Chicago Pr (T), 1929-03. Paperback. Good.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press, 1960. Paperback. Good. in x in x in.

Univ of Chicago Pr (T), March 1929. Paper Back. Acceptable.

Doubleday, 1964. Hardcover. Fair Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Santee, Ross. Ex-library book, wear and discoloring, cracked hinges; lean to the spine; a reading copy only. The jacket has some creasing and wear; wrapped; glued inside. "A roundup of discoveries, dilemmas, and delights of a tenderfoot who became a ranch wife." Illustrator: Santee, Ross. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 211038. .

Univ of Chicago Pr (T), March 1929. Trade Paperback Trade Paperback. Good. Nice tight clean copy with light edge and corner wear. All orders shipped with tracking number and e-mail confirmation. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Firm hinges, no owner marks in book and no wear to the cover. jacket has wear atr top of spine and two 3/4 inch closed tears. Large book so no priority or international orders please. us hist..

Phoenix Books Univ. of Chicago, 1957. Paperback. Good. 1957. 283 pages. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paperback has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Phoenix, 1960. Very Good. Osgood, Ernest Staples. The Day of the Cattleman. Chicago: Phoenix, 1960. 283pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with former owner's name and notes on title page. Lightly bumped and rubbed wraps. A few pages with marginalia and underlining.

University of Texas Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo. 265 pp., wraps slightly edge worn and a couple of creases - tan, white - US history/West.

University of Texas Press, 1959. Paperback. Good.

Key Porter Books, 1983. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Key Porter Books, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Barn Owl Books. Softcover. Very Good. 92x8x140. The Book is in Very Good+ condition. South Dakota is a land where the only rule is "you can never tell what a bobtail cow will do." In the winter, the temperature can drop to minus fifty-six - if the wind only blows twenty-five miles an hour. Spring means getting up at ten p.m., midnight, and two a.m. to check on pregnant cows. Snow storms at the end of April can decimate a vegetable garden. In the summer, you can spend fourteen hours a day haying and the rest of the time watching for fires. Then there's canning, drying, and freezing to get ready for winter again. Highlights the rancher's struggle with natural elements and affords a look at the forces that shape a poet. Hasselstrom, rancher, poet, wife, and environmentalist, blends the practical with the poetic in her well-crafted book. Haying, fence mending, and cattle branding are described, along with the more dramatic occurences of ranch lifeblizzards, prairie fires, cattle… Leer más

Lyons Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x5x1. With a graceful simplicity reflecting the land upon which she was nurtured, Linda Hasselstrom presents a compelling, touching collection of interlinked essays about growing up a woman on the windswept Great Plains.In "Feels Like Far, " Hasselstrom paints an intimate portrait of family, love, hard work, and survival in a land where nothing is taken for granted: a father who insists upon self-reliance even as he loses his ability to care for his wife and his ranch; a horse that helps the author gain an independence that places her at odds with a culture of male leadership; a badger that offers insight into his human counterparts; a friend dying of AIDS who discloses the beauty and difficulties of a close-knit community; a prairie fire that threatens her family's ranch and shows the land's resiliency; and a visit to a cemetery that reveals her ties to community and her decision to leave. With a poet's touch,… Leer más

Greenwood Press,. VG/NONE. 1983. Hardcover. Hardcover reprint of original published in 1959. Covers clean; pages tight, clean, unmarked. No DJ. Not a former library copy. ; .