Provides a woman's-eye view of the real world of a family farm in the Missouri heartland, discussing the never-ending world of crops, livestock, seasonal work, the lack of operating funds, and the land.
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Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. Nº de ref. del artículo: P03A-01379
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Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Nº de ref. del artículo: V11K-00500
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Librería: Newsboy Books, Ontario, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 0939149966 Dust jacket shows light shelf wear. NOT ex-library. Book is like new. Nº de ref. del artículo: 939149966
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Librería: Kayleighbug Books, IOBA, Cedar Grove, WV, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; Mary Elizabeth Fricke's story shows the extraordinary courage of the ordinary woman. She was raised in a farm family but looked forward to fulfillment as a mother and homemaker. She had never done "men's work," never aspired to it, never even learned to drive a shift car. Then she fell in love with and married a farmer. And in the Farm Crisis of 1986, when the need arose, she found the strength to transform herself from traditional woman to full-time farm worker. Her first job was clipping the tusks and tails of, and vaccinating, one hundred three-day-old pigs while their terrifying six hundred pound mothers loomed over her. When she emerged from the farrowing room (after spending five hours on a job that would have taken her husband or his father no more than an hour) she was exhausted but exhilarated. She had met her first challenge. Mary found herself helping to care for a 1,500-sow herd of pigs, operating the enormous, dangerous machinery the modern farmer uses for field work, putting in long hours of arduous labor under the most trying conditions, often to be frustrated in the end by natural calamities beyond human control. Mary Fricke's utterly honest and gripping account of daily life on a Missouri farm describes in graphic detail the Frickes' struggle to hold on to the family farm and why it continues, what rural life is all about today and what it means to her. Hers is the authentic voice of an modern American farm woman, clear-eyed, unsentimental and indomitable. Nº de ref. del artículo: 056280
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Librería: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Provides a woman's-eye view of the real world of a family farm in the Missouri heartland, discussing the never-ending world of crops, livestock, seasonal work, the lack of operating funds, and the land. Former library book. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. Nº de ref. del artículo: 123462871
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Librería: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. unmarked, light shelfwear-NICE Standard-sized. Nº de ref. del artículo: 0939149966-01
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Librería: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. DJ by Royce M. Becker Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 33541 shelf. Unread. Gold-stamped black cloth spine w/ midnight blue bds. No names, clean text. Unblemished dust jacket. A few b/w photos. Giftworthy! 185 p. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 079356
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Librería: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, Estados Unidos de America
First Printing Hardbound VG-/VG-., DJ 8vo small, 185, Light wear to book and DJ. DJ is not price clipped. ISBN:0-939149-96-6. Nº de ref. del artículo: 025304
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Librería: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Nº de ref. del artículo: 38527
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Librería: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. B047060; 183 pp hardcover, contents & dustjacket very good. Nº de ref. del artículo: 47060
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