A memoir of a young girl's early years of her life on a vast ranch in the Big Bend area of Texas. Her family raised sheep and goats and stuggled against the terrain, weather, panthers, eagles, and other predators during the difficult times of the Depression. Includes charming descriptions of home schooling, best friends, and the social life of people scattered over a huge area. Interesting look at ranching in the area, sheep shearing, predator control and mining in the Big Bend before the Park. Author's family lost their ranch to Big Bend National Park when it was formed in 1944.
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Patricia Wilson Clothier spent the first fourteen years of her life (through 1944)on the Wilson Ranch in Big Bend, Texas. In these years she experienced the Big Bend as her own backyard. After formation of Big Bend National Park, she and her family lived in Alpine, Texas, and then moved to Del Rio, Texas, where she graduated from high school.Patricia, an artist and teacher, now lives in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. She and her husband, Grant, built and operated a camp for disadvantaged children in the Missouri Ozarks.
This is Patricia Clothier's story of growing up in the 1930s and 1940s on a vast ranch in the mountains and desert hugging the Mexican border in the Big Bend country of Texas, before it became a park. Her family weathered rattlesnakes and drought, accidents, loneliness, and financial hardships of the Great Depression with fortitude, ingenuity, and grace. Like their scattered neighbors - miles away over rugged roads - it was the love of the land that gripped and held them there. Clothier paints a picture of the vast and glorious territory with words as vivid as any artist with a pallet of paints. A joy to read - an adventure of Western life you'll not forget.Jean Bradfisch, writer and editor.
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Anbieter: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Before it became a national park, the Big Bend was home to a number of ranches and mining operations. On the Wilson ranch, which stood at the center of the current park, Patricia Wilson Clothier spent her youth exploring the wonders of ranch life in the Chisos. Patricias richly detailed memories, coupled with a backdrop of Depression era hardships, bring the Big Bend to life in this original and vivid description of a childhood spent Beneath the Window.Big Bend has been a National Park since the mid 1940s. Thus it is preserved for visitors to enjoy, however almost all signs of earlier ranches and homes have disappeared. It is difficult today to imagine crops growing, peach trees bearing fruit and fenced pastures and shearing sheds. The Wilson ranch alone had some 40 miles of fence with careful attention paid to preserving water sources and using them carefully. Being a stones throw from the Rio Grande made Mexico and its people close and friendly neighbors to the American community in Big Bend. If you ever have a chance to visit Big Bend National Park, this memoir is a must. Artikel-Nr. 00109709873
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Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Artikel-Nr. 15160676-75
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Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 192 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock. Artikel-Nr. x-0974504823
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Anbieter: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Vereinigtes Königreich
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