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Author : Glendon Swarthout
Publisher : Harvill Secker
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Tin Lizzie Troop written by Glendon Swarthout and published by Harvill Secker. This book was released on 1972 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glendon Swarthout
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471136051
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)
Download or read book The Homesman written by Glendon Swarthout and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Homesman is a devastating, humane story of early pioneers to America's West in the 1850's. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of-the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by that life of bitter hardship. When a nineteen-year-old mother loses her three children to diphtheria in three days, or a woman left alone for two nights has to shoot wolves as they crash through the window, it is no wonder they should lose their minds. After a dreadful winter, the Rev. Dowd finds there are four such cases in his parish and, as yet, no asylum in this frontier town. A 'homesman' must be found to escort the women East to civilization. Not a job anyone would volunteer for, it falls to Mary Bee Cuddy, ex-teacher, spinster-indomitable, resourceful, "plain as an old tin pail." Brave as she is, Mary Bee knows she cannot succeed alone, and the only companion available is the low-life and untrustworthy "George Briggs," a claim-jumper.Thus begins a trek East, against the tide of colonization, against hardship, Indian attacks, ice storms, loneliness, and the unceasing aggravation of a disparate group of mad women, which provides a series of tough, fast-paced adventures and introduces two wonderful, idiosyncratic characters. Coming to cinemas in 2014 with an incredible cast - featuring Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank and John Lithgow. Not to be missed!
Author : John McPhee
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374708630
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Encounters with the Archdruid written by John McPhee and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1977-10-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, sometimes with friendliness, sometimes fighting hard across a philosophical divide.
Author : Glendon Swarthout
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Tin Lizzie Troop written by Glendon Swarthout and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was an infamous day when under a scorching Mexican sun, the U.S. Cavalry went into action mounted not on fine sleek horseflesh but on Model T Fords. This is the story of events leading up to that memorable day.
Author : Glendon Swarthout
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476754276
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book The Homesman written by Glendon Swarthout and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major film directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones and co-starring Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank, and John Lithgow, this classic Western novel captures the devastating realities of early frontier life through the eyes of one extraordinary woman. Now a major motion picture directed by Tommy Lee Jones, The Homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s American West. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter hardship. A “homesman” must be found to escort a handful of them back East to a sanitarium. When none of the county’s men steps up, the job falls to Mary Bee Cuddy—ex-teacher, spinster, indomitable and resourceful. Brave as she is, Mary Bee knows she cannot succeed alone. The only companion she can find is the low-life claim jumper George Briggs. Thus begins a trek east, against the tide of colonization, against hardship, Indian attacks, ice storms, and loneliness—a timeless classic told in a series of tough, fast-paced adventures. In an unprecedented sweep, Glendon Swarthout’s novel won both the Western Writers of America’s Spur Award and the Western Heritage Wrangler Award. A new afterword by the author’s son Miles Swarthout tells of his parents Glendon and Kathryn’s discovery of and research into the lives of the oft-forgotten frontier women who make The Homesman as moving and believable as it is unforgettable.
Author : Glendon Swarthout
Publisher : Center Point
ISBN 13 : 9781585477715
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (777 download)
Download or read book The Shootist written by Glendon Swarthout and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chosen by the Western Writers of America as one of the best western novels ever written, this novel was also the inspiration for John Wayne's last great starring role in the acclaimed 1976 film by the same name. This special commemorative edition includes a new Introduction by the author's son, Miles Swarthout, in which he talks about his father's work and the making of the legendary film.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1662 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles H. Harris
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806149531
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Great Call-Up written by Charles H. Harris and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 18, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson called up virtually the entire army National Guard, some 150,000 men, to meet an armed threat to the United States: border raids covertly sponsored by a Mexican government in the throes of revolution. The Great Call-Up tells for the first time the complete story of this unprecedented deployment and its significance in the history of the National Guard, World War I, and U.S.-Mexico relations. Often confused with the regular-army operation against Pancho Villa and overshadowed by the U.S. entry into World War I, the great call-up is finally given due treatment here by two premier authorities on the history of the Southwest border. Marshaling evidence drawn from newspapers, state archives, reports to Congress, and War Department documents, Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler trace the call-up’s state-based deployment from San Antonio and Corpus Christi, along the Texas and Arizona borders, to California. Along the way, they tell the story of this mass mobilization by examining each unit as it was called up by state, considering its composition, missions, and internal politics. Through this period of intensive training, the Guard became a truly cohesive national, then international, force. Some units would even go directly from U.S. border service to the battlefields of World War I France, remaining overseas until 1919. Balancing sweeping change over time with a keen eye for detail, The Great Call-Up unveils a little-known yet vital chapter in American military history.
Author : Glendon Swarthout
Publisher : miles swarthout
ISBN 13 : 0385061633
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (85 download)
Download or read book The Melodeon written by Glendon Swarthout and published by miles swarthout. This book was released on 1977 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A youngster relates how his grandparents donated a valuable family heirloom, their melodeon, to the church in an unselfish act of giving one Christmas during the Depression when they had nothing to give each other.
Author : Glendon Swarthout
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476766797
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book Bless the Beasts & Children written by Glendon Swarthout and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The neglected attendees of the Box Canyon Boys Camp find their lives turned around by Cotton, who, in a hot-wired pickup, challenges them to join efforts to save a herd of buffalo and discover themselves in the process.
Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134929986
Total Pages : 1315 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Catch Phrases written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 1315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.
Author : Glendon Swarthout
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Button Boat written by Glendon Swarthout and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two children live in squalor with their drunken stepfather, maintaining themselves through their cleverness in catching clams and the hope that they might someday attend school.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1002 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book ISLA written by and published by . This book was released on 1972-05 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clippings of Latin American political, social and economic news from various English language newspapers.
Author : Tedd Arnold
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735230544
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book More Parts written by Tedd Arnold and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give me a hand . . . hold your tongue . . . scream your lungs out . . . what's a kid to do if he wants to keep all his body parts in place? Well, one thing is for sure, he'll have to be creative. Like, if you want to keep your heart from breaking, just make sure it's well padded and protected by tying a pillow around your chest. Want to keep your hands attached? Simple-stick them on with gloves and lots of glue. Just be careful not to laugh your head off!
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The National union catalog, 1968-1972 written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marc Reisner
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440672822
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Cadillac Desert written by Marc Reisner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West’s success with irrigation could be a mirage — that it took water for granted and didn’t appreciate the precariousness of our capacity to control it.” – Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times, January 20,2023 "The definitive work on the West's water crisis." --Newsweek The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecological and economic disaster. In his landmark book, Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two government giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the competition to transform the West. Based on more than a decade of research, Cadillac Desert is a stunning expose and a dramatic, intriguing history of the creation of an Eden--an Eden that may only be a mirage. This edition includes a new postscript by Lawrie Mott, a former staff scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, that updates Western water issues over the last two decades, including the long-term impact of climate change and how the region can prepare for the future.
Author : Glendon Swarthout
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989315449
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book The Old Colts written by Glendon Swarthout and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
