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Border healing woman : the story of Jewel Babb / as told to Pat LittleDog ; with a new epilogue by Pat LittleDog.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Babb, Jewel, 1900- author.
- LittleDog, Pat, 1941- author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Babb, Jewel, 1900-.
- Babb, Jewel.
- Healers--Texas--Biography.
- Healers.
- Traditional medicine--Texas.
- Traditional medicine.
- Healing--Texas.
- Healing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (171 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, [1994]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The story of Jewel Babb, from her early years as a tenderfoot ranch wife to her elder years as a desert healing woman, has enthralled readers since Border Healing Woman was first published in 1981. In this second edition, Pat LittleDog adds an epilogue to conclude the story, describing the mixed blessings that publicity brought to Jewel Babb before her death in 1991.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. First Visit to the Tie Camp
- 2. Early Childhood
- 3. Healing with the Mind
- 4. A Ranch Marriage
- 5. The Trappers
- 6. Changing Circumstances
- 7. The Hot Springs
- 8. Alone on the Rio Grande
- 9. Desert Years
- 10. Afterword
- Epilogue. Jewel Babb: Her Legacy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-74753-5
- OCLC:
- 1280944085
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