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The memories of a family from England who settled in Alberta in 1907 and ranched east of Medicine Hat. Alberta.
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Memories of an Old Prairie Rancher
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Friesen, Calgary, 1983
ISBN 10: 0889254354
ISBN 13: 9780889254350
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Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: VG++. Dust Jacket Condition: None -as Issued. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. The author was born in England in 1904. At age three he and his family arrived at Medicine Hat . The family took up ranching at Walsh in 1911. These 191 pages collect anecdotes of the author's life. A handful of b/w photos complement the text. You smile at the tales about : Old Man Tveeten - the oxen man, Queenie the family's rabbit dog, Pauly Paulson's sharp fence posts and how to hide hooch when the bootleg police come calling. Cond : Boards are green cloth with light gilt lettering on face and spine. P/O gift inscription on ffep. Author's signature on same page as frontis. Clean, tight and bright. Spine fine. No tears, stains nor creases. Giftable - almost ! Quote (p. 86) : " Anyway, the time came when we had a beautiful sorrel to break. Horace put the saddle on her and I climbed aboard in the corral - nothing happened. So I said. ` Open the gate and we'll see how we get along outside' (That was my mistake) . That horse . ." Size: Octavo. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003195
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Memories of an Old Prairie Rancher
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Self-published, Irvine AB, 1983
ISBN 10: 0889254354
ISBN 13: 9780889254350
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Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket. 8vo pp.191. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP; signed by the author on the title page. Moisture discoloration along the bottom of the front cover; no water damage to interior. Signed by Author. book. Seller Inventory # 331127
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