Homestead by Jane Kirkpatrick - 1996

WinePress Publishing, 1996. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Mukilteo, WA: WinePress Publishing, 1996. Revised Edition 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G/none, used, 3rd printing of the revised edition, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, vii-viii, 285pp. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. pages slightly toning. Shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners thumbed.

Winepress Publishing, 1996. Trade paperback. Like New. 100x12x144. Joining her husband in the fight to create a home out of a rugged stretch of sagebrush, rattlesnakes, and sand in Eastern Oregon, Jane Kirkpatrick uneasily relinquishes the security of a professional career; the conveniences of electricity, running water, and a phone line; and, perhaps most daunting, the pleasures of sporting a professional manicure. But the pull of the land is irresistible, and the couple dreams of gathering their first harvest from a yet-to-be-planted vineyard.Rather than the simple life they had envisioned, Jane and Jerry find themselves confronting flood and fire, government bureaucracies, and runaway calves, among other disheartening setbacks. Jane frequently questions the sanity of pioneering in this remote area, known as Starvation Point, and she fights against panic with each trip they make down the seven-mile, boulder-strewn, rut-carved "driveway" she calls "the reptile road," which… Read More

Spring Arbor Distributors, 1996-05-01. Third printing . Paperback. Very Good. Text and images are clean and unmarked. Illustrated wraps show little signs of use.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.