Half Broke Horses
Walls, Jeannette2010
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'I never knew a girl to have such gumption,' [Mom would] say. 'But I'm not too sure that's a good thing.' Meet Lily Casey Smith: horse-trainer, airplane pilot, flapper, mother and teacher. Born in 1901 in the rolling grassland of West Texas, Lily grows up with a passion for horses and an indomitable spirit. At age 15 she leaves home, riding 500 miles across the American West on her beloved pony Patch, her pearl-handled six-shooter by her side. Her goal: a teaching post in a frontier-town school. Lily will handle everything life throws at her - flash-floods, tornadoes, the Great Depression, a swindling husband, love and heartbreak - with courage, determination and a smile as wide as the Texas skies.
Main title:
Half Broke Horses / Jeannette Walls.
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Imprint:
New York : Scribner, 2010.
Collation:
272 pages (black and white illustrations/photos); 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781416586296 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2686269