The women at Pine Creek / a novel by Allis McKay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKay, Allis.

Contributor:

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

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sisters--Fiction.

Sisters.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Washington (State).

Marriage--Fiction.

Marriage.

Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)--Fiction.

Pine Creek (Wash.)--Fiction.

Pine Creek (Wash.).

Washington (State)--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Penn Provenance:

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

McKay, Allis (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

374 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Macmillan, [1966]

Summary:

It is the turn of the twentieth century, and Mary and Althea Hollister have arrived at Pine Creek Landing in the new state of Washington. The two sisters are taking up their claim to eighty acres of land and a rundown house willed to them by their father.

Notes:

Prequel to "They Came To A River."

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy inscribed by the author to "Bruce" on 26 September 1966 on front free endpaper. "Bruce" is possibly to be identified with Bruce L. McKinstry (1901-1978).

Schimmel Collection copy has postcard with photographic illustration of the Tracy Arm, Alaska, and advertising for Alaska Cruises, Inc. (Seattle, Wash.) laid in.

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

OCLC:

1289219