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Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
de Walls, Jeannette
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno
- ISBN 10
- 1416586296
- ISBN 13
- 9781416586296
- Librería
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Scribner Book Company, 2010. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 23-17-4. In Very Good Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Those Old Cows Knew Trouble Was Coming Before We Did; So Begins The Story Of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls's 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 Town, Riding 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 Who Is Jeannette's 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 Kinds: Against Women, Native Americans, And Anyone Else Who Didn't 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 Dinesen's Out Of Africa Or Beryl Markham's West With The Night. Destined To Become A Classic, It Will Transfix Readers Everywhere.
Sinopsis
Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" ( Entertainment Weekly ). Now she brings us the story of her grandmother -- told in a voice so authentic and compelling that the book is destined to become an instant classic. " Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did ." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls's magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hard working, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town -- riding five hundred miles on her pony, all alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car ("I loved cars even more than I loved horses. They didn't need to be fed if they weren't working, and they didn't leave big piles of manure all over the place") and fly a plane, and, with her husband, ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette's 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 kinds -- against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn't fit the mold. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa or Beryl Markham's West with the Night . It will transfix readers everywhere.
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- Librería
- Alright Bookstore
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001252
- Título
- Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
- Autor
- Walls, Jeannette
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1416586296
- ISBN 13
- 9781416586296
- Editorial
- Scribner Book Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2010
- Páginas
- 272
- Tamaño
- 23-17-4
- LCCN
- 2009018781
- Dewey
- 813/.6
- Palabras clave
- Fiction, Fiction Books, Good Reads, Suspense, Teen Lit, Realistic Fiction, Adventure, Novel,, Good Reads, Mystery Thriller, Vintage Fiction, Vintage Novel General
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction;
- X weight
- 450 g
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