19 records matched your query       

Author:

Osborn, Karen.

Title:

Between earth and sky / Karen Osborn.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W. Morrow & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

viii, 306 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico--Fiction.
New Mexico--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epistolary fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. vii-viii).

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9780688141233 (acid-free paper)
0688141234 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

95010948

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

XWPC787 -- Avoca Public Library (Avoca)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

AHPD597 -- Chariton Public Library (Chariton) — FIC

FUPB284 -- Ruth Suckow Memorial Library (Earlville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)

IGIX641 -- Iowa Veterans Home Library (Marshalltown)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville) — FIC OSB

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)