A Cowman's Wife

Mary Kidder Rak

Edité par Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1934

Mary Kidder Rak. A Cowman's Wife faded orange cloth. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1934. First edition. Octavo. illustrated by Charles Owens. map end pages. Mary Kidder Rak (August 4, 1879 - January 25, 1958) was an Arizonan ranch woman and acclaimed author. She was born in Boone County, Iowa in 1879. After graduating from Stanford University, she married a cowboy named Charlie Rak in 1917. Two years later, Mary began her career as a ranch woman when she and her husband bought a 22,000 acre ranch at Camp Rucker, a former military post in Cochise County's Chiricahua Mountains. During the 1930s, Mary authored several books chronicling her life as a ranch woman, including her struggle to learn the cattle business, to cope with isolation, dealing with the devastating effects of drought, and the difficulty of finding good hired hands. "cloth fading, some brown marks and spots, inscription inside, otherwise clean and tight". N° de réf. du vendeur BX96-9

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : A Cowman's Wife
Éditeur : Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date d'édition : 1934
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Illustrateur : Charles Owens
Etat : Assez bon
Etat de la jaquette : Pas de jaquette
Edition : Edition originale