The girl ranchers of the San Coulee : a story for girls / by Mrs. Carrie L. Marshall , illustrated by Ida Waugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Caroline Louise, 1849- author.

Contributor:

Waugh, Ida, 1846-1919, illustrator.

Penn Publishing Company, publisher.

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

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ranch life--Fiction.

Ranch life.

West (U.S.)--Fiction.

West (U.S.).

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

322, [12] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : The Penn Publishing Company, MDCCCXCVIII [1898]

Contents:

I. We buy a sheep ranch

II. Farewell to Elmwood

III. Across the plains in a prairie schooner

IV. A perilous ride

V. Our new home

VI. Why Mr. Seaton sold the ranch

VII. A change of opinion

VIII. A visit from the Mexican shepherds

IX. Inexperienced herders

X. A stampeded flock

XI. The whip-poor-wills

XII. Rounding up under difficulties

XIII. On the plains

XIV. An odd acquaitance

XV. A wild ride

XVI. A friend in need

XVII. The shearing of the sheep

XVIII. News from home

XIX. A second stampede

XX. A serious accident

XXI. Among the snow wraiths

XXII. Mr. Seaton is cornered.

Notes:

Frontispiece plate with tissue guard.

Publisher's advertisement: Pages [323]-[334].

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has manuscript note ("MEke[?]") on front free endpaper.

OCLC:

24463868