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Half broke horses : a true-life novel / Jeannette Walls.

Walls, Jeannette. (Author).

Summary:

Presents a novel based on the life of the author's grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, who learned to break horses in childhood, journeyed five hundred miles as a teen to become a teacher, and ran a vast ranch in Arizona with her husband while raising two children.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781416586296 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1416586288 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781439160534 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 1416586296 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780743597227 (audio cd)
  • ISBN: 9781416586289
  • ISBN: 1416586296 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781416586296 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781416586289 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780743597234 (eaudio)
  • ISBN: 9781416586296 (2010 pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 272 p ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2009.
Genre:
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.
Autiobiographical fiction.

Available copies

  • 38 of 39 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Valemount Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 39 total copies.

Other Formats and Editions

English (2)
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Valemount Public Library f wal (Text) 35194014128458 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
100 Mile House Branch WAL (Text)
Legacy Use Count: 8
33923004440289 General Fiction Volume hold Available -
Alexis Creek Branch WAL (Text) 33923005524990 General Fiction Volume hold Available -
Beaver Valley Public Library F WAL (Text) 35144000102793 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Burns Lake Public Library 813.6 Wal (Text) 35198000451949 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library FIC WAL (Text) 35146001785013 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Elkford Public Library FC WAL (Text) 35170000360073 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fernie Heritage Library FIC WAL (Text) 35136000517004 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort Nelson Public Library FIC WAL (Text) BFN062889 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort St. James Public Library WAL (Text) 35196000153499 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

Jeannette Walls graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, has been a New York Times bestseller for more than six years. She is also the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers The Silver Star and Half Broke Horses, which was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.

Jeannette Walls graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, has been a New York Times bestseller for more than eight years. She is also the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers The Silver Star and Half Broke Horses, which was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.