Fate, Destiny, Necessity On Renville's Prairies
by Embree, Blanche
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (1977): Vantage Press. First Edition. Quarto. Inscribed by the author. 272 pages. An essential history with hundreds of photographs. It is the story of those people, many of whose descendants still make their homes in the area. More than just a geographical and political history, it tells the tale of a continuing struggle to make the land blossom and bear fruit, not only of vegetable and mineral resources, but of human resources, it is the story of a hardy people who lived, fought, and died for their new land in the rugged Dakotas. A very good copy bound in brown cloth, spine lettering black, wear to corners, spine ends worn and shipped, in good dust jacket worn with tears and creasing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029227
- Title
- Fate, Destiny, Necessity On Renville's Prairies
- Author
- Embree, Blanche
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Vantage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1977)
- Keywords
- Renville, North Dakota;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Regional America;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Quarto
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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