Isbn: 9781555913502 - growing up true: lessons from a western boyhood (20 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Condizione: Good. 1 Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. Minimal wear. Clean and unmarked. Minimal wear to DJ, small. Closed tear to front top edge. ; 8.10 X 5.20 X 1 inches; 248 pages.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. COLO.HIST-This regular size hard cover is SIGNED and inscribed by the AUTHOR and is FINE in a FINE DJ. tan w/brown & black lettering 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0.0. Signed and Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: new. First edition. Life and lessons learned in1940s-50s rural Colorado by lawyer, politician, and international negotiator. Signed by author on title page. Small crease on edge of one page.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Written in a compellingly simple style, Growing Up True evokes the struggles of a boy stretching for manhood in rural Colorado during and after World War II. But the lessons and demands of real life always nipped at the edges of his fantastic dreams.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine octavo hardcover in a like dj. Mark free first edition. West memoir.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Written in a compellingly simple style, Growing Up True evokes the struggles of a boy stretching for manhood in rural Colorado during and after World War II. But the lessons and demands of real life always nipped at the edges of his fantastic dreams.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Presentation copy signed by author on tp ; xiv, 234 p. ; 21 cm. Inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. New Hardcover, in new DJ, purchased from an individual. Full print-line indicates 1st printing. Gift Quality Book. This is a story of stretching for manhood on the plains of eastern Colorado in the '40s and '50s, a place in which a young boy could both play out fantasies of swashbuckling adventure as well as learn how to true a fence, raise chickens, and gentle horses. Whether describing the dares of taunting schoolmates, a prissy aunt caring for freezing newborn lambs in the family kitchen, or his own coming to terms with a suicide, Craig Barnes offers readers an intimate, warm glimpse into a family of substance. Although Barnes grew to be a man deeply involved in politics and international peace negotiations, some of the lessons of his childhood translate into a different kind of wisdom. As he says of himself, "I can stop a running horse in a round corral at 30 feet, without a bridle, and get him to walk up to me. I can tell a champion rooster from a second-rate bird with a speckled neck. I can dig ditch and fix fence. I can tell a real blizzard from a Texas whimper, and I can make a reasonable argument why Shakespeare was a woman." The moving childhood stories of this diverse and accomplished man bring an extraordinary measure of hope and inspiration to all who read them.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 224 pages. 8.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Hardback. Condizione: New. Written in a compellingly simple style, Growing Up True evokes the struggles of a boy stretching for manhood in rural Colorado during and after World War II. But the lessons and demands of real life always nipped at the edges of his fantastic dreams.

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Hardback. Condizione: New. Written in a compellingly simple style, Growing Up True evokes the struggles of a boy stretching for manhood in rural Colorado during and after World War II. But the lessons and demands of real life always nipped at the edges of his fantastic dreams.