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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.
- 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
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