Half Broke Horses
by Walls, Jeannette
Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly). Now she brings us the story of her grandmother -- told in a voice so authentic and compelling that the book is destined to become an instant classic. "Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls's magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hard working, 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, all alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car ("I loved cars even more than I loved horses. They didn't need to be fed if they weren't working, and they didn't leave big piles of manure all over the place") and fly a plane, and, with her husband, ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom 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. 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. It will transfix readers everywhere.
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HALF-BROKE HORSES:; A True-Life Novel
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New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, 2009. First Edition, Eighth Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author with flourish on the title page, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2"), red quarter cloth over black boards, illustrated with a B&W photo frontispiece & other photos as section headings, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Scribner (2009).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 272 pages. Signed by the author. Previous owner's embossed name stamp. Bump to top edges of boards. Contents clean and tight.
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New York, New York, Usa: Scribner, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. As New, An Unread Copy. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Jeannette Walls's Memoir The Glass Castle Was "Nothing Short Of Spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly). Now, In Half Broke Horses, She Brings… Read more about this item Item Price
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"Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls's magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hard working, 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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About this Item: Scribner, 2009. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls author of the unforgettable novel Glass Castle is the true story of her and her no-nonsense resourceful and spectacularly compelling Grandmother Lily. Book is an ex-library book in near fine condition with a fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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First edition hardcover with dust jacket, published by Scribner, 2009. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. Author's follow-up to 'The Glass Castle', with a focus on the life of her grandmother. This copy is not a remainder, not a library copy. No writing on the text pages, no former ownership marks. The dust jacket has… Read more about this item Item Price
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Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
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Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
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