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Sod-House Days; Letters from a Kansas Homesteader 1877-78
de Howard Ruede; John Ise, Editor
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Muy bueno/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0700602348
- ISBN 13
- 9780700602346
- Librería
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, 1983 University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 1983. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 3rd Printing by line number. Reprint of the Columbia University original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG; rubbing to wraps and spine crease. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is creased but not split. 248 pp.8vo. The homesteader Ruede possessed the ability of expressing himself clearly in writing with his word pictures giving vivid accounts of experiences gained in carving a farm from the Kansas plains. This is the story an ordinary person with heroic dimensions who is faced with drought, grasshoppers, prairie fires, and other disasters but kept trying again and again in a struggle against the environment. A clean and very presentable copy.
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- Librería
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 004569
- Título
- Sod-House Days; Letters from a Kansas Homesteader 1877-78
- Autor
- Howard Ruede; John Ise, Editor
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0700602348
- ISBN 13
- 9780700602346
- Editorial
- University Press of Kansas
- Lugar de publicación
- Lawrence, KS
- Fecha de publicación
- 1983
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palabras clave
- Sod-house, Sod House, Kansas Homesteader, homestead act, land rush, Indian wars, Indian threats, farming the prairie, natural disasters, drought, dust bowl, horse and plow, Great Plains, homesteading, communal living,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Autobiography;
Términos de venta
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Miembro de Biblio desde 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
Sobre Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
