Dying and Living on the Kansas Prairie; A Diary
by Carol Brunner Rutledge
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0700606491
- ISBN 13
- 9780700606498
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$10.00$7.00
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About This Item
Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, 1994 University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 1994. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; bump to textblock top corner with bumped page tips. DJ: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. Red cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine. 213 pp 8vo. This is the author's diary of the three months preceding the death of her mother, Alice, whose entire life was lived in the Flint Hills of Kansas. This book unites a profound reverence for nature with a moving testament of a daughter's love for her dying mother. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015637
- Title
- Dying and Living on the Kansas Prairie; A Diary
- Author
- Carol Brunner Rutledge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0700606491
- ISBN 13
- 9780700606498
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Place of Publication
- Lawrence, KS
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Flint Hills of Kansas, parental Death, Kansas pioneer spirit, death and dying, living and death, Kansas history, Kansas memoirs, Great Plains pioneers, homesteading, sod homes, nature, outdoors, parental love.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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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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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.