03366cam a2200373 4500 595208068 TxAuBib 20220729120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781439160534 1439160538 B002PMVQCW Amazon dd09e567-4790-4119-8df2-f8e63223236e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 288393 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Walls, Jeannette. Half Broke Horses [Bridges eBook] : A True-Life Novel. Scribner, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5823kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b><i>Half Broke Horses</i> is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen's <i>Out of Africa</i> or Beryl Markham's <i>West with the Night.</i> Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.</b><br /> "Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls's no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town—riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one who is Jeannette's memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in <i>The Glass Castle</i>.<br /> <br /> Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds—against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn't fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit. <i>Half Broke Horses</i> is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen's <i>Out of Africa</i> or Beryl Markham's <i>West with the Night</i>. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. The New York Times Best Seller List. 10 Best Books of 2009. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-26 20:00:02. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0439-1/DD0/9E5/67/HalfBrokeHorsesATrueLifeNovel9781439160534.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DD09E567-4790-4119-8DF2-F8E63223236E&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0439-1/DD0/9E5/67/HalfBrokeHorsesATrueLifeNovel9781439160534.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DD09E567-4790-4119-8DF2-F8E63223236E&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0439-1/DD0/9E5/67/HalfBrokeHorsesATrueLifeNovel9781439160534.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DD09E567-4790-4119-8DF2-F8E63223236E&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)