Author: Audrey Keen-Hansen
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466926066
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Expecting high adventure, a widow naively moves to Colorado and marries a widower, owner of Poco Reino, a small ranch in the mountain-clad San Luis Valley. Both have young children: she, a 13-year-old son; he, a 6-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter. From day one -- with no prior experience -- the author turns into a stepmother and ranch hand. The results: often disastrous, other times quite funny. Close encounters with animals she's only seen or driven by before leave her screaming in terror, or feigning bravery beyond the call of duty. "Me, touch a chicken?" "There's a snake on my windshield!" The livestock sale barn, learning to ride a horse, raising a brood of 65 fancy-breed chickens provide surprising awakenings. And she never expected to be tramping in the mountains with a husband who is first, a biologist, and second (she discovers), a part-time rancher. The children share the adventure. Their fun, and not-so-much fun, activities are described thoughout. "Women are still pioneering -- and still venturing West."
Coyotes Always Howl at Midnight
Author: Audrey Keen-Hansen
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466926066
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Expecting high adventure, a widow naively moves to Colorado and marries a widower, owner of Poco Reino, a small ranch in the mountain-clad San Luis Valley. Both have young children: she, a 13-year-old son; he, a 6-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter. From day one -- with no prior experience -- the author turns into a stepmother and ranch hand. The results: often disastrous, other times quite funny. Close encounters with animals she's only seen or driven by before leave her screaming in terror, or feigning bravery beyond the call of duty. "Me, touch a chicken?" "There's a snake on my windshield!" The livestock sale barn, learning to ride a horse, raising a brood of 65 fancy-breed chickens provide surprising awakenings. And she never expected to be tramping in the mountains with a husband who is first, a biologist, and second (she discovers), a part-time rancher. The children share the adventure. Their fun, and not-so-much fun, activities are described thoughout. "Women are still pioneering -- and still venturing West."
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466926066
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Expecting high adventure, a widow naively moves to Colorado and marries a widower, owner of Poco Reino, a small ranch in the mountain-clad San Luis Valley. Both have young children: she, a 13-year-old son; he, a 6-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter. From day one -- with no prior experience -- the author turns into a stepmother and ranch hand. The results: often disastrous, other times quite funny. Close encounters with animals she's only seen or driven by before leave her screaming in terror, or feigning bravery beyond the call of duty. "Me, touch a chicken?" "There's a snake on my windshield!" The livestock sale barn, learning to ride a horse, raising a brood of 65 fancy-breed chickens provide surprising awakenings. And she never expected to be tramping in the mountains with a husband who is first, a biologist, and second (she discovers), a part-time rancher. The children share the adventure. Their fun, and not-so-much fun, activities are described thoughout. "Women are still pioneering -- and still venturing West."
Let the Wild Grasses Grow
Author: Kase Johnstun
Publisher: Torrey House Press
ISBN: 1948814528
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
"Beautiful and expansive…in Johnstun's Let the Wild Grasses Grow, Colorado has a successor to Kent Haruf." —SEAN PRENTISS, author of Finding Abbey Let the Wild Grasses Grow chronicles the lives of Della Chavez and John Cordova, childhood friends separated by a tragic accident, who find each other again during World War II after leading separate lives of struggle through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and, for John, abuse at the hands of his grandfather. This sweeping American love story celebrates the power of home landscapes, family heritage, and first love.
Publisher: Torrey House Press
ISBN: 1948814528
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
"Beautiful and expansive…in Johnstun's Let the Wild Grasses Grow, Colorado has a successor to Kent Haruf." —SEAN PRENTISS, author of Finding Abbey Let the Wild Grasses Grow chronicles the lives of Della Chavez and John Cordova, childhood friends separated by a tragic accident, who find each other again during World War II after leading separate lives of struggle through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and, for John, abuse at the hands of his grandfather. This sweeping American love story celebrates the power of home landscapes, family heritage, and first love.
Birds and Nature
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Birds and All Nature in Natural Colors ...
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ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Birds & Nature Magazine
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Birds and All Nature in Natural Colors
Author: Charles C. Marble
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Vol. 6 includes "40 Three-Color Half tone illustrations from photographs of stuffed birds, minerals and some landscapes. Chicago Colortype Co., Chic. & New York, identified on some plates."--Page 132.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Vol. 6 includes "40 Three-Color Half tone illustrations from photographs of stuffed birds, minerals and some landscapes. Chicago Colortype Co., Chic. & New York, identified on some plates."--Page 132.
Figures of Speech Grades 5-8
Author: R. E. Myers
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
ISBN: 1573105635
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Similes, metaphors, alliteration, irony and many more techniques are esxplored in this book as a means of making prose and poetry more enjoyable for the reader as well as the author. Teacher tips, evaluation methods, and student exercises are all included.
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
ISBN: 1573105635
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Similes, metaphors, alliteration, irony and many more techniques are esxplored in this book as a means of making prose and poetry more enjoyable for the reader as well as the author. Teacher tips, evaluation methods, and student exercises are all included.
the Life of Paul Bunyan and the Life of Pecos Bill
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Publisher: Coastalfields Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher: Coastalfields Press
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The American Fantasy Tradition
Author: Brian M. Thomsen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765304568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
The ancient tales of long-dead civilizations to the wild success of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, fantasy has fired our imaginations for as long as there has been story. Whether sweeping sagas of fantastic adventures or cautionary tales told around the campfire, fantasy is deeply woven into the very fabric of humanity, wearing many faces and coming in many flavors. But what fantasy is distinctly American? The American Fantasy Tradition sets out to answer this very question. This comprehensive critical anthology of American fantasy literature applies the groundbreaking theorems of such esteemed American literary critics as Leslie Fiedler, Richard Chase, and Irving Howe to the genre of fantasy in an effort to delineate the true American tradition of fantasy from the more prominent Anglo-European canon, breaking it down into three distinctive strains: The American Tale: Folk, Tall, and Weird Stories that might be considered fables or legends, much like the epics of the Age of Heroes from the classical eras of Rome and Greece, or the tales of the fairy folk from the European tradition, or the fables of Aesop. Fantastic Americana Stories set directly within the American historic landscape, much as the Arthurian tradition is set within the confines of British history. Lands of Enchantment in Everyday Life Stories that involve what might be called the American spirit, focusing on worlds that exist in the shadows of our own, just beyond Rod Serling’s famous signpost for The Twilight Zone.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765304568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
The ancient tales of long-dead civilizations to the wild success of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, fantasy has fired our imaginations for as long as there has been story. Whether sweeping sagas of fantastic adventures or cautionary tales told around the campfire, fantasy is deeply woven into the very fabric of humanity, wearing many faces and coming in many flavors. But what fantasy is distinctly American? The American Fantasy Tradition sets out to answer this very question. This comprehensive critical anthology of American fantasy literature applies the groundbreaking theorems of such esteemed American literary critics as Leslie Fiedler, Richard Chase, and Irving Howe to the genre of fantasy in an effort to delineate the true American tradition of fantasy from the more prominent Anglo-European canon, breaking it down into three distinctive strains: The American Tale: Folk, Tall, and Weird Stories that might be considered fables or legends, much like the epics of the Age of Heroes from the classical eras of Rome and Greece, or the tales of the fairy folk from the European tradition, or the fables of Aesop. Fantastic Americana Stories set directly within the American historic landscape, much as the Arthurian tradition is set within the confines of British history. Lands of Enchantment in Everyday Life Stories that involve what might be called the American spirit, focusing on worlds that exist in the shadows of our own, just beyond Rod Serling’s famous signpost for The Twilight Zone.
Analogy and Hyperbole
Author: R.E. Myers
Publisher: Teaching and Learning Company
ISBN: 0787742031
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Analogy and hyperbole are explored in this packet as a means of making prose and poetry more enjoyable for the reader as well as the author. Teacher tips, evaluation methods, and student exercises are all included.
Publisher: Teaching and Learning Company
ISBN: 0787742031
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Analogy and hyperbole are explored in this packet as a means of making prose and poetry more enjoyable for the reader as well as the author. Teacher tips, evaluation methods, and student exercises are all included.