For more than a decade, photographer Linda Dufurrena has recorded with powerful eloquence the rugged, heartbreakingly beautiful landscape of northern Nevada and the patterns of life on the Dufurrena family ranch in the Quinn River Valley. Her work has appeared in magazines and has been widely exhibited, but now, for the first time, more than 100 of her finest photographs are collected in book form. Accompanied by a brilliant essay by her daughter-in-law, teacher and writer Carolyn Dufurrena, that discusses the rhythms of ...
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For more than a decade, photographer Linda Dufurrena has recorded with powerful eloquence the rugged, heartbreakingly beautiful landscape of northern Nevada and the patterns of life on the Dufurrena family ranch in the Quinn River Valley. Her work has appeared in magazines and has been widely exhibited, but now, for the first time, more than 100 of her finest photographs are collected in book form. Accompanied by a brilliant essay by her daughter-in-law, teacher and writer Carolyn Dufurrena, that discusses the rhythms of the land and of life on the ranch, the photographs in Fifty Miles from Home vividly depict the heart of the West and its fabled ranch culture. Within the fifty-mile circle of territory over which the Dufurrena family ranch operates - territory ranging from the edges of the barren Black Rock Desert to high, aspen-filled mountain basins - Linda and Carolyn Dufurrena follow the annual cycle of ranch work and the seasonal changes of the surrounding landscape. Life in this remote Nevada backcountry is shaped by the challenges of the austere Great Basin desert around the ranch and by the time-honored skills of generations of ranch families. We witness in Linda Dufurrena's magnificent color photographs the seasons of lambing and cattle drives; the work of cowboys and sheepherders; the animals around the ranch, from orphan lambs to horses; and the close-knit ranch community of the multigenerational Dufurrena family and its hired workers. And around the ranch, in every direction, are vistas of breathtaking beauty as the natural landscape evolves through the seasons, as flowers bloom and storms pass overhead.
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Seller's Description:
Dufurrena, Linda. Near Fine in Near Fine- jacket. A stock image [photo] is an accurate representation of the listed book's dust jacket design. No remainder marks. Complete number line [1-5] at copyright page. Dust jacket clean, crisp, colors bright, minor display indications. Pages [xix, 179] clean, unmarked, binding tight, slight lean to spine. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Brick red cloth boards, clean, bright gilt lettering. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Very clean hardcover first edition, first printing, SIGNED by author and photographer on the title page. Rust cloth boards with small blind-stamped decoration at center of cover, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean pale yellow endpapers. No previous owner markings. Signed by authors on title page: "Carolyn Dufurrena-Linda Duferrena-December 2001." Magnificent full color photographs throughout. 200 pages. Clean dust jacket small scratch to front panel, no chips, no edge tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A book which depicts in photographs and essay the rhythms of the land and life on the Dufurrena family ranch in the Quinn River Valley of Nevada.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall First printing indicated on the copyright page. Fine in a fine jacket Signed by each author in their own handwriting on the title page: 'Carolyn Dufurrena" and "Linda Dufurrena." A beautiful work!
