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GIRL OF THE DESERT, The Life and Writings of One of the Most Extraordinary Women in America Today. by Cranford, Florence - (1961)

by Cranford, Florence

GIRL OF THE DESERT, The Life and Writings of One of the Most Extraordinary Women in America Today. by Cranford, Florence - (1961)

GIRL OF THE DESERT, The Life and Writings of One of the Most Extraordinary Women in America Today.

by Cranford, Florence

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
New York:: Greenwich Book Publishers,, (1961). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good dustjacket (a few spots of foxing to the endpapers, some rubbing to the dj, sunning to the spine.). First edition. An account of her years in the West - born in South Dakota, she moved to Nevada where she spent 5 years hunting and trapping and ranching. She became a prominent livestock rancher, but went bankrupt during the Depression of 1935, so she moved to California and then to Alaska where she spent 10 years on the frontier. INSCRIBED on the half title page by the author. Illustrated with photographs. 134 pp.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Format/Binding SIGNED hardcover first edition -
  • Book Condition Used - Near fine in a very good dustjacket (a few spots of foxing to the endpapers, some rubbing to the dj, sunning to the spine.)
  • Jacket Condition very good
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Greenwich Book Publishers,
  • Place of Publication New York:
  • Date Published (1961)
  • Keywords biography, western americana, alaska, nevada, coyotes, ranching, california, hunting,