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The Obstinate Land
by Harold Keith
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0690013191
- ISBN 13
- 9780690013191
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$21.05NZ$14.73
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About This Item
New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell , 1977 Thomas Y. Crowell, New York. 1977. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Good; moisture stain to bottom of front board; light soiling to boards; smudging to several pages. DJ: Poor; Price Clipped; missing pieces at top and bottom of spine and bottom of front panel; scotch tape repairs to flap folds and spine. Beige linen cloth over boards and spine with brown lettering on the spine and front board. 214 pp 8vo. This is a novel based on the author's grandparents who pioneered in the Cherokee Strip of OK in 1893. The Rombergs made the run in '93 and found a piece of land, paid their filing fee, and on return found their land illegally settled by another family. They chose a less favorable place and found nothing but problems confronting them especially a spring blizzard where Fritz had to find the strength to fight and to forgive. A presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016436
- Title
- The Obstinate Land
- Author
- Harold Keith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0690013191
- ISBN 13
- 9780690013191
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- western fiction, Oklahoma fiction, Cherokee Land Rush, Indian Tribes, homesteading, claim jumpers, soonering, weather, Oklahoma history, Sooners, Cherokee Strip, 1893, fiction, Oklahoma fiction,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oklahoma Related;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
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- Brodart
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