Wild geese / by Martha Ostenso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostenso, Martha, 1900-1963, author.

Contributor:

Hofman, Hans O., 1893-1973, Binding designer.

Dodd, Mead & Company, Publisher.

Vail-Ballou Press, Printer.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fathers and daughters--Fiction.

Fathers and daughters.

Conflict of generations--Fiction.

Conflict of generations.

Farmers--Fiction.

Farmers.

Canadian fiction--20th century.

Canadian fiction.

Genre:

Fiction

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Twylie, A. R. (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[6], 356, [6] pages (last 6 pages blanks) ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925.

Summary:

Farmer Caleb Gare tries to rule his household with an iron hand. The conflict of wills between him and his daughter Judith is observed by Lind, a teacher boarding with the family.

Notes:

"Vail-Ballou Press, Inc. Binghamton and New York"--Verso of title leaf.

Local Notes:

Light grayish olive (C109) cloth; art deco design in black and red of five geese flying in foreground and geese in v-formation in background, across sun with two outer rings, and jagged clouds, red lettering, and black thick rule border; signed H.o.H., i.e. Hans O. Hofman; spine lettered in black with three red geese across black disk; illustrated double page endsheet design with geese, clouds, sun, house, and tree in black on light grayish brown paper, signed h.o. hofman.

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has autograph ("AR Twylie") in pencil on half-title leaf.

OCLC:

1211328