First published in 1927, Islanders tells the story of an indomitable woman. The novel begins as Ellen's lover, brother, and father go off to the gold rush in California in 1849; it concludes as Ellen's grandniece waits for her lover to go off and fight in World War I in 1917. In between, other men of the family go off to war to make their fortunes--leaving the women, "islanders," to run the farm and care for their families. The prolific writer Helen R. Hull offers a portrait of rural American women's lives over three ...
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First published in 1927, Islanders tells the story of an indomitable woman. The novel begins as Ellen's lover, brother, and father go off to the gold rush in California in 1849; it concludes as Ellen's grandniece waits for her lover to go off and fight in World War I in 1917. In between, other men of the family go off to war to make their fortunes--leaving the women, "islanders," to run the farm and care for their families. The prolific writer Helen R. Hull offers a portrait of rural American women's lives over three generations.
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VG+ Wrappers. Violet and tan rear cover, violet spine (now sunned to a light blue), violet and tan front cover with artwork are clean and glossy. Book has a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the very tips of the outside corners. Nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing all around the outside edges of the covers. Spine has been sunnBinding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 335 pages. Tight, clean reprint of the 1927 novel by Columbia University creative writing professor Hull. Nice copy.
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