| Old Jules (Third Edition) Contributor(s): Sandoz, Mari (Author), Hasselstrom, Linda M. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0803293240 ISBN-13: 9780803293243 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: First published in 1935, "Old Jules" is unquestionably Mari Sandoz's masterpiece. This portrait of her pioneer father grew out of "the silent hours of listening behind the stove or the wood box, when it was assumed, of course, that I was asleep in bed. So it was that I heard the accounts of the hunts," Sandoz recalls. "Of the fights with the cattlemen and the sheepmen, of the tragic scarcity of women, when a man had to 'marry anything that got off the train, ' of the droughts, the storms, the wind and isolation. But the most impressive stories were those told me by Old Jules himself." This Bison Books edition includes a new introduction by Linda M. Hasselstrom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004023021 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.5" W x 8.18" (1.07 lbs) 425 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1935, Old Jules is unquestionably Mari Sandoz's masterpiece. This portrait of her pioneer father grew out of "the silent hours of listening behind the stove or the wood box, when it was assumed, of course, that I was asleep in bed. So it was that I heard the accounts of the hunts," Sandoz recalls. "Of the fights with the cattlemen and the sheepmen, of the tragic scarcity of women, when a man had to 'marry anything that got off the train, ' of the droughts, the storms, the wind and isolation. But the most impressive stories were those told me by Old Jules himself." This Bison Books edition includes a new introduction by Linda M. Hasselstrom. Mari Sandoz (1896-1966) is the noted author of Crazy Horse, Cheyenne Autumn, and The Battle of the Little Bighorn, all available in Bison Books editions. Linda M. Hasselstrom, teacher and editor, is the author of eleven books of nonfiction and poetry about the northern plains, including Between Grass and Sky and Feels Like Far: A Rancher's Life on the Great Plains. |