A woman of the century, Frances Minerva Nunnery (1898-1997) [electronic resource] : her story in her own memorable voice as told to Cecil Dawkins / edited by Cecil Dawkins ; with a foreword by Max Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nunnery, Frances Minerva, 1898-1997.

Contributor:

Dawkins, Cecil, 1927-2019.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women ranchers--New Mexico--Biography.

Women ranchers.

Ranch life--New Mexico.

Ranch life.

New Mexico--Biography.

New Mexico.

Nunnery, Frances Minerva, 1898-1997.

Nunnery, Frances Minerva.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The story of a woman who made her life in New Mexico--a determined, ingenious entrepreneur whose career and personality defy every stereotype about women.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: My Early Days; 2: My First Paying Job; 3: I Head West; 4: A Runaway Wife; 5: I Land in the Duke's City; 6: Parker Kidnaps Anita; 7: Into the Rooming-House Business; 8: I Marry My Second Husband; 9: I Realize My Big Ambition; 10: Running Two Ranches; 11: Whiskey-Making and the Bishop's Visit; 12: Getting Along with the Neighbors; 13: Winters Alone; 14: Cowboys and Cattle Drives; 15: Single Again; 16: Adventures Trucking; 17: I Build a Roadhouse; 18: Adventures of a Deputy Sheriff

19: Turkey Farming20: I Try Real Estate; 21: In Taos with Doughbelly Price; 22: Taos People and How I Stretched the City Limits; 23: My Circle Expands; 24: I Build on South Santa Fe Highway; Afterword; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-63513-5

0-8263-2853-9

OCLC:

817818673