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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
by Sandra Dallas
ISBN: 0312187106
ISBN-13: 9780312187101
Format: Paperback
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Summary
In the Colorado Territory in the 1860s, young Mattie McCauley has set up her homestead with her new husband, Luke Spenser. New to the frontier, Mattie faces the hardships of childbirth, Indian raids, disease, and crop failure, but her undying spirit pulls her family through.
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"A modest, appealing novel with a convincing reach into Colorado's plains and skies."
-- Kirkus
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Griffin
Published date: 1998
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.6 pounds
Pages: 229
Publisher's Notes
The author of "The Persian Pickle Club" offers a "lively and engaging" ("Booklist") story of one woman's life on the American frontier that "gives a bright, fresh shading to the tragedies and small sharp joys of nineteenth-century frontier life" ("Kirkus").
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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
Dallas, Sandra
Unknown: St. Martin's Griffin. Trade PaperBack. 0312187106 A good reading copy only. 1998 St. Martin's Griffin Trade PaperBack . Good. 1998. ( more information)
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St. Martin's Griffin, 1998-05-15. Trade Paperback.. Very good condition.. * * * Selling books of merit since 1988. * * * Prompt, Professional Service. Satisfaction Guaranteed. * * * ( more information)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers slightly creased; moderate edge wear/ several page tips creased/ corners and spine creased. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Dallas, Sandra
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Sandra Dallas
1998 The Diary of Mattie Spenser: Sandra Dallas (Paperback, 1998) Format: Paperback, ISBN-10: 0312187106, ISBN-13: 9780312187101, May 1998, Publisher: St Martins Pr, 229 pages, Reprint, Language: English . Like New. Paperback. ( more information)
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Dallas, Sandra
St. Martin's Griffin, 1998. Slight creasing. No store stamps, marks. Slight edgewear.. ISBN: 0-312-18710-6. Paperback. Very Good. ( more information)
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New York: St. Martin's Griffin. 1998. Later Printing. S Trade Paperback. Very Good. Light wear to wraps and to slightly cocked spine. ( more information)
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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
Dallas, Sandra
NY: St. Martin's Griffin, 1997. 229 pp. Binding tight, text clean.. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Dallas, Sandra
New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1998 USED - Standard. Book has only light shelfwear; text is clean and unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
Dallas, Sandra
New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1998 USED - Standard. Book has only light shelfwear; text is clean and unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Dallas, Sandra
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Griffin, 1998. 229 pp. Owner bookplate inside front wrap, light wear. . Pb. VG. ( more information)
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The Diary of Mattie Spenser [Paperback]
Dallas, Sandra
Stated First Martin's Griffin Edition 1998/Third Printing softcover copy exactly as pictured, 229 pp. Cover shiny, spine tight. Pages bright and unmarked. Wonderful copy. Ships now/free package tracking number. ( more information)
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Sandra Dallas
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Sandra Dallas
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New York: St Martins Griffin, 1997. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Very Good. EX-LIBRARY EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED SOFT COVER COVER. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. ( more information)
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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
Dallas, Sandra
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martin's Griffin, 1998. 229 pp. Not large type. Wraps have very little wear, spine is unbent. . Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. Fifth Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Sandra Dallas
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Dallas, Sandra
SIGNED COPY!! - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY: SANDRA DALLAS , with the date AUG. 2004 - Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin 1997 PAPERBACK - BINDING SOLID - NO CREASE TO THE SPINE - TEXT IN VERY GOOD, UNMARKED CONDITION, with slight tanning to the page margins - COVERS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, with light shelf wear - previous owner name stamped inside the front cover - 1997 SIGNED PAPERBACK EDITION IN OVERALL SOUND, VERY GOOD CONDITION ( more information)
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