Lynne gough (2 resultados)

Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "To Bryce & Grace Best wishes, Lynne Gough". Fine copy. As new. 280 pps.

Softcover. Self-published. 2016. Softcover. Mid-size. Fine. Book is clean, with a strong binding, no creases, no page folds, and no writing. The author portrays four generations of her ancestors, beginning with her great grandfather, Asa W. Morris, born in Pennsylvania in the 1850's - and who, at the age of 22, moved to the rich agricultural region of the county, in the northern quadrant of California's great Central Valley. Asa rose to prominence in the dairy industry - and in the year 1914 raised the world's champion milk-producing cow (named Tilly Alcartra) who produced 30,452 gallons of milk. This is a well-researched, highly readable, and well-articulated narrative history of farming and ranching in California, spanning many decades in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Illustrated with numerous archival photographs. Includes two-page section of sources, books, and records. 278 pages. Packed with care and shipped in a lidded box.…