| Buffalo Coat Contributor(s): Brink, Carol Ryrie (Author), Reed, Mary E. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0874220955 ISBN-13: 9780874220957 Publisher: Washington State University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1993 Annotation: Originally published in 1944, Buffalo Coat appeared for several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The first adult novel written by acclaimed Idaho writer Carol Ryrie Brink, winner of the Newbery Award for the outstanding book of children's literature in 1936, Buffalo Coat has become a classic of Northwest literature. Buffalo Coat tells the tale of three doctors who came to Opportunity (Moscow), Idaho, in the 1890s seeking success and fortune in the town with the promising name. Yet each of their lives ended in tragedy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 93017131 |
| Series: Washington State University Press Reprint |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 9" (1.75 lbs) 421 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Idaho - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1944, Carol Brink's first adult novel, Buffalo Coat, is a classic of Northwest literature. Three doctors came to Opportunity Moscow, Idaho, in the 1890s, drawn by the town's promise. All attained their private objectives and financial success, symbolized by owning a great buffalo coat to wear through the bitter winters. And yet, for these men there was irony in the name Opportunity--each of their lives ended in tragedy. |