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01928cam a2200445 a 4500 001 C4B9B61A2AF111DE9756E306A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20220407024942 008 950414s1996 nyu b 000 1 eng 010 $a 95010948 020 $a 9780688141233 (acid-free paper) 020 $a 0688141234 (acid-free paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d OCL $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d COF $d JIN $d SILO 043 $a n-us-nm 050 00 $a PS3565.S385 $b B47 1996 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 20 100 1 $a Osborn, Karen. 245 1 $a Between earth and sky / $c Karen Osborn. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b W. Morrow & Co., $c c1996. 300 $a viii, 306 p. ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. vii-viii). 520 $a A woman's account of life on the frontier, told in letters to her sister. In 1867, Abigail Conklin, her husband and their children head west in a wagon train to New Mexico. The letters describe the primitive conditions, the back-breaking work, and the constant presence of death, whether from of nature or Indians. She also describes the raising of children, racial and religious tensions, and the stark beauty of the Southwest. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z New Mexico $v Fiction. 651 0 $a New Mexico $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Epistolary fiction. $2 gsafd 941 $a 10 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180118045241.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160813032754.0 952 $l XWPC787 $d 20101009011927.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20100526115053.0 952 $l AHPD597 $m FIC $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l FUPB284 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l GCPC771 $m FIC OSB $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l IGIX641 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l RAPD371 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C4B9B61A2AF111DE9756E306A8D7520A 994 $a 03 $b JINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search