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The happy family of the flying U / B.M. Bower ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Kate Baird Anderson.
Van Pelt Library PS3503.O8193 H36 1996
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 6458
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bower, B. M., 1871-1940, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Happy family
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ranch life--Fiction.
- Ranch life.
- Cowboys--Fiction.
- Cowboys.
- Montana--Fiction.
- Montana.
- Genre:
- Fiction
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6457) (Schimmel 6458))
- Physical Description:
- xvii, [3], 7-329, [3] pages : 1 illustration ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln ; and London : University of Nebraska Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- Andy Green, "not famous ever for clinging to the truth," encounters Miss Verbena Martin, who is dedicated to the self-improvement of cowboys and is a character worthy of Mark Twain. Riding a red roan at a contest in Great Falls, Andy hangs on to his honor and pride by the seat of his pants.
- Notes:
- "First Bison Books printing: 1996"--Verso of title leaf.
- "Bison books"--Page [i].
- "Originally published in book form in 1910 by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, as The happy family."--Verso of title leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copies (Schimmel 6457 & 6458) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- ISBN:
- 0803261306
- 9780803261303
- OCLC:
- 34547334
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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