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English
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In 1886, Teresa Jordan's great-grandfather J.L. Jordan left Maryland for the West. It was on Wyoming's Iron Mountain that the Jordan ranch began and survived for nearly a hundred years. Riding the White Horse Home is Teresa Jordan's story of four generations of her family's devotion to the land, a devotion that required at once physical courage and psychic endurance. She celebrates the strength and character of the women of her family - her mother,...
10) Making hay
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Series
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1987, c1986
Language
English
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Making Hay gives us an unforgettable glimpse of everyday life on the farms of Iowa, Minnesota, and Montana.
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of travel writing on the Tuscany region of Italy, providing fiction, poetry, essays, and letters about this region of the world,including selections from Lord Byron, Bruce Chatwin, Charles Dickens, Kate Simon, and more.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The man-eating proclivities of Komodo dragons. The complicated art of being a cowgirl. A picaresque ramble with a merry band of tree-cleaners. The big-wave crusaders of the world's best surfers. For the past twenty years, Outside magazine has set the standard for original and engaging reports on travel, adventure, sports, and the environment. Along the way, many of America's best journalists and storytellers--including such writers as...