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Half broke horses: a true-life novel
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Published:
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Physical Desc:
272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status:
Basalt Fiction
F WAL
Description

A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at age six helped her father break horses, at age fifteen left home to teach in a frontier town, and later as a wife and mother runs a vast ranch in Arizona where she survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy-- but despite a life of hardscrabble drudgery still remains a woman of indomitable spirit.

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ISBN:
9781416586289, 1416586288, 9781416586296, 1416586296, 9781439160534, 1439160538
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Description
A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at age six helped her father break horses, at age fifteen left home to teach in a frontier town, and later as a wife and mother runs a vast ranch in Arizona where she survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy-- but despite a life of hardscrabble drudgery still remains a woman of indomitable spirit.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Walls, J. (2009). Half broke horses: a true-life novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York, Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Walls, Jeannette. 2009. Half Broke Horses: A True-life Novel. New York, Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Walls, Jeannette, Half Broke Horses: A True-life Novel. New York, Scribner, 2009.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Walls, Jeannette. Half Broke Horses: A True-life Novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York, Scribner, 2009.

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