The Winning of Barbara Worth
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780961847357 (0961847352)
Pages no: 391
Edition language: English
There is a reference in The Grapes of Wrath to this book. It seems that one of the characters found this book to have been life changing, or something. Tom said, "Don't roust your faith bird-high an' you won't do no crawlin' with the worms.""I know that's right. That's Scripture, ain't it?""I guess...
Slow going in parts but theres a good story here if you're patient. The title is misleading because the story of Barbara and the "winning" of her kind of takes a backseat to what is actually the main story, which is the civilization or "reclamation" of the deserts of the southwest (ie. how the pione...
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