The state of Iowa was still young and wild when Wayne Lockwood came to it from New England in 1851. He claimed a quarter-section about a hundred miles west of Dubuque and quickly came to appreciate widely scattered neighbors like Jeremiah Martin, whose seven daughters would have chased the gloom from any bachelor's heart.Sabina, Emily, Celia, Melinda, Phoebe Lou, Jeanie, and Suzanne are timeless in their appeal too spirited to be preoccupied with sermons, sickness, and sudden death. However, the feasts, weddings, and ...
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The state of Iowa was still young and wild when Wayne Lockwood came to it from New England in 1851. He claimed a quarter-section about a hundred miles west of Dubuque and quickly came to appreciate widely scattered neighbors like Jeremiah Martin, whose seven daughters would have chased the gloom from any bachelor's heart.Sabina, Emily, Celia, Melinda, Phoebe Lou, Jeanie, and Suzanne are timeless in their appeal too spirited to be preoccupied with sermons, sickness, and sudden death. However, the feasts, weddings, and holiday celebrations in "Song of Years" are shadowed by all the rigors and perils of frontier living. Bess Streeter Aldrich's novel, originally published in 1939, captures the period in Iowa of Indian scares and county-seat wars, as well as the political climate preceding the Civil War."
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Seller's Description:
Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 2nd Printing. Second printing. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. A small piece is missing from the spine tail. There is a large dark stain on the rear board. The frontispiece page is missing. The leaves are tanned.
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Very Good. Book Octavo, softcover, VG in white wraps. 405 pp. unmarked. originally published in 1939, captures the period in Iowa of Indian scares and county-seat wars, as well as the political climate preceding the Civil War.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very Good in Poor jacket. A novel of Iowa frontier life in the years before the Civil War. Lightly bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid, 490 pages. Rear jacket panel with flap and the front flap laid in, no jacket spine or front cover.
