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Synopsis
In this memoir, first published in 1970 and long out of print, Sanora Babb recalls her family's attempt to practice dry-land farming in eastern Colorado in 1913. Leaving the relative security of a small town in Oklahoma, the mother of and two daughters travel by train and wagon to join the father and grandfather at their isolated dugout. Here, Senora (nicknamed Cheyenne) gradually comes to love her withdrawn grandfather and to appreciate the harsh beauty of the prairie environment. Cheyenne's experiences range from rare encounters with other settlers to the constant threat of hunge to warm and mystical relationships with animals. They are related with a child's sense of wonder and played out against the background of the plains--clear air, vast distances, rapid changes in light and shadow, and sudden, dangerous storms.
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Sanora Babb is also the author of a novel "The Lost Traveler," and her short stories and poetry have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. She lives in Hollywood and is working oh her story of life with migrant workers in California.
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Owl is novelist Babb's memories of her childhood in eastern Colorado and Kansas before World War I. LJ's reviewer found that Babb wrote well, "relating vividly and with fine and fond recollection" (LJ 12/1/70).
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- PublisherMcCall
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0841500371
- ISBN 13 9780841500372
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages217
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