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Half broke horses : a true-life novel / Jeannette Walls.
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.
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- 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.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Valemount Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Valemount Public Library | f wal (Text) | 35194014128458 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The author offers a novel based on the life of her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, who learned to break horses in childhood, journeyed 500 miles on a pony as a teen to become a teacher, and ran a vast ranch in Arizona with her husband while raising two children, including Rosemary Smith Walls, portrayed in the author's acclaimedThe Glass Castle . Includes reading-group guide. Reprint. A New York Times Best Book of the Year. - Baker & Taylor
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. - Simon and Schuster
Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa or Beryl Markham's West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.
'those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.' So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls's no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town'riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one who is Jeannette's memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle.
Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds'against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn't fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa or Beryl Markham's West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere. - Simon and Schuster
From the author of The Glass Castle and Hang the MoonââWalls vividly depicts her astonishing, resilient grandmother with a lightness of touch that is plainspoken yet heartfeltâ (Chicago Tribune). Half Broke Horses has transfixed readers everywhere.
âThose old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.â So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Wallsâs no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier townâriding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one who is Jeannetteâs memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle.
Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kindsâagainst women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didnât fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesenâs Out of Africa or Beryl Markhamâs West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.