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Homesteading on Grasshopper Flats by Etta Rose Knox➤ Drollery Press 1984 First Edition★Signed★
Homesteading on Grasshopper Flats: A True Story of 1930's Pioneers on New Mexico's Continental Divide by Etta Rose Knox Drollery Press 1984 First Edition ★Signed★
Title: Homesteading on Grasshopper Flats: A True Story of 1930's Pioneers on New Mexico's Continental Divide
Author: Etta Rose Knox
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Drollery Press 1984
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0940920034
Size: 6.25 X 9.25 X 1.4 * 182 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket: A True Story of 1930's Pioneers On New Mexico's Continental Divide
ETTA ROSE at seventeen was pretty enough to expect luxury, romance and an elegant house. What she got was hunger, deprival and a mud hut. She expected admiration and devotion from Aubrey, her handsome husband. What she got was humiliation and neglect, or so it seemed. The wall that separated Aubrey's needs from her own was as dense and opaque as the dirt walls that surrounded her.
Against the reality of her life stood the vision of a symbolic dream house-a house of spotless beauty and perfection. Bewildered by the love and hate she felt for her dominating husband, she had to learn self-reliance while struggling to make a home out of a hovel and a woman out of herself.
This autobiographic novel depicts homesteading on the high flatlands of the New Mexico Rockies. Homesteaders like Etta and Aubrey Lewis often had no other tools than their bare hands and no more materials than a wind-gnarled cedar post, rawhide, and the earth itself.
What could inspire these homesteaders of the Great Depression to claw an existence out of this barren land? Driven by dreams of building prosperous farms and ranches, what they built was character, courage and creativity in its truest sense.
ETTA ROSE KNOX, daughter of a tenant farmer, was born at home in Taylor County, Texas in 1915. The family moved west to Pecos Valley, New Mexico, where she married at the age of seventeen. She spent the next few years homesteading on the western slope of the Continental Divide. From that period she has gathered the material for this novel. Today she lives on a ranch near Stonyford, California.
Overall Condition: Very good: The book does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. It may have very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover as well as very minimal wear and tear; see images.
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Title: Homesteading on Grasshopper Flats: A True Story of 1930's Pioneers on New Mexico's Continental Divide
Author: Etta Rose Knox
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Drollery Press 1984
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0940920034
Size: 6.25 X 9.25 X 1.4 * 182 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket: A True Story of 1930's Pioneers On New Mexico's Continental Divide
ETTA ROSE at seventeen was pretty enough to expect luxury, romance and an elegant house. What she got was hunger, deprival and a mud hut. She expected admiration and devotion from Aubrey, her handsome husband. What she got was humiliation and neglect, or so it seemed. The wall that separated Aubrey's needs from her own was as dense and opaque as the dirt walls that surrounded her.
Against the reality of her life stood the vision of a symbolic dream house-a house of spotless beauty and perfection. Bewildered by the love and hate she felt for her dominating husband, she had to learn self-reliance while struggling to make a home out of a hovel and a woman out of herself.
This autobiographic novel depicts homesteading on the high flatlands of the New Mexico Rockies. Homesteaders like Etta and Aubrey Lewis often had no other tools than their bare hands and no more materials than a wind-gnarled cedar post, rawhide, and the earth itself.
What could inspire these homesteaders of the Great Depression to claw an existence out of this barren land? Driven by dreams of building prosperous farms and ranches, what they built was character, courage and creativity in its truest sense.
ETTA ROSE KNOX, daughter of a tenant farmer, was born at home in Taylor County, Texas in 1915. The family moved west to Pecos Valley, New Mexico, where she married at the age of seventeen. She spent the next few years homesteading on the western slope of the Continental Divide. From that period she has gathered the material for this novel. Today she lives on a ranch near Stonyford, California.
Overall Condition: Very good: The book does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. It may have very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover as well as very minimal wear and tear; see images.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Two Pounds Media Mail) is $5.22 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
International Shipping cost is based on the destination so inquire before buying. Mobile users must scroll to the bottom and click on 'use desktop site' to bring up the Ask a Question link which sends me an email.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S.)
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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