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THIS STUBBORN SOIL : The Classic Memoir of a Frontier Boy's Escape from Poverty and Hunger
by Owens, William A.; (John Graves, Introduction)
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- New/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 1558219897
- ISBN 13
- 9781558219892
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About This Item
New York, NY: Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, 4th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. First published 1966. Autobiography/memoir. Life story of American author, folklorist and educator William A. Owens, (1905 - 1990). Reflections on a remarkable journey from a one-room schoolhouse situated in a rural, poverty stricken area of Texas while earning of a doctorate in English from the Univ of Iowa in 1941, to ultimately teaching at Columbia Univ. This book was the subject of a Bill Moyes PBS special. A chronicle of a life lead when regional differences in the United States were substantial.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010311
- Title
- THIS STUBBORN SOIL : The Classic Memoir of a Frontier Boy's Escape from Poverty and Hunger
- Author
- Owens, William A.; (John Graves, Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 4th Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1558219897
- ISBN 13
- 9781558219892
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- History, 1940's Texas, Autobiography, Memoir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Autobiography; Memoir;
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