Half broke horses

Scribner, 2010. first shribner trade paperback ed. 7th printing. Paperback. Good. Peperback...few, small rolled corners clean inside, rear a small bent cover,cover is shiny good". About the story cover is as shown stock picture red cover..." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Wallss no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier townriding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannettes memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle. Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kindsagainst women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didnt fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesens Out of Africa or Beryl Markhams West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.about the author...Jeannette Walls was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and grew up in the southwest and Welch, West Virginia. She graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York City for twenty years. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, a triumphant account of overcoming a difficult childhood with her dysfunctional but vibrant family, has been a New York Times bestseller for over three years. A publishing sensation around the world, The Glass Castle has sold more than 2.5 million copies in the U.S. and has been translated into twenty-two languages. Walls is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Christopher Award for helping to "affirm the highest values of the human spirit, as well as the American Library Associations Alex Award, and the Books for Better Living Award. The Glass Castle was chosen as Elle magazine's book of the year. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor....Title Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel Author Jeannette Walls Edition illustrated, reprint Publisher Simon and Schuster, 2010 ISBN 1416586296, 9781416586296 Length 272 pages Subjects Fiction General Fiction / Biographical Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary .........Ruth Reaser LAX Vespa Books and rags- not a thrift shop, no minions, megastore, books are priced so after everyone else gets theirs, I get small profit to cover time,costs amazingly small profit... Los Angeles Area at whatever PO,I carefully pack book then have to hop on my Vespa and visit the PO - RED SONOMA SB 789