Half broke horses: a true-life novel
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Published:
New York, N.Y. : Scribner, 2009., New York, N.Y. : Scribner, 2009.
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Physical Desc:
272 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Description

A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at age six helped her father break horses, at age fifteen left home to teach in a frontier town, and later as a wife and mother runs a vast ranch in Arizona where she survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy--but despite a life of hardscrabble drudgery still remains a woman of indomitable spirit.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Walls, J. (2009). Half broke horses: a true-life novel. New York, N.Y., Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Walls, Jeannette. 2009. Half Broke Horses: A True-life Novel. New York, N.Y., Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Walls, Jeannette, Half Broke Horses: A True-life Novel. New York, N.Y., Scribner, 2009.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Walls, Jeannette. Half Broke Horses: A True-life Novel. New York, N.Y., Scribner, 2009.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781416586289 , 1416586288 , 9781416586296 (pbk.), 1416586296 (pbk.)
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.5, 13 Points

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Description
A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at age six helped her father break horses, at age fifteen left home to teach in a frontier town, and later as a wife and mother runs a vast ranch in Arizona where she survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy--but despite a life of hardscrabble drudgery still remains a woman of indomitable spirit.