The Wind.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scarborough, Dorothy.

Series:

Barker Texas History Center

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: University of Texas Press, 1979.

Summary:

The Wind stirred up a fury among Texas readers when it was first published in 1925.This is the story of Letty, a delicate girl who is forced to move from lush Virginia to desolate West Texas. The numbing blizzards, the howling sand storms, and the loneliness of the prairie all combine to undo her nerves. But it is the wind itself, a demon personified, that eventually drives her over the brink of madness.While the West Texas Chamber of Commerce rose up in anger over this slander of their state, Dorothy Scarborough's depiction of the cattle country around Sweetwater during the drought of the late 1880s is essentially accurate. Her blend of realistic description, authentic folklore, and a tragic heroine, bound together by a supernatural theme, is unique in Southwestern literature. As a story by and about a woman, The Wind is a rarity in the early chronicles of the cattle industry. It is also one of the first novels to deal realistically with the more negative aspects of the West.Sylvia Ann Grider's foreword reports on the life and work of Dorothy Scarborough, a native Texan and a well-respected scholar.

Contents:

Intro

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

The Wind

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Scarborough, Dorothy The Wind

ISBN:

9780292758834

OCLC:

1303085614