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Solid hardcover in brown cloth covered boards with red spine title, frt board bowed and soiled on foot and a touch at head. Spine ends bumped, tips still sharp. Nice brown on cream endpaper illustrations of a nature scene, a buck on a hill looking down into a valley that has a cowboy riding a horse and packing another behind him. 226 pp text tight and bright with a tidy dated gift ded on 2nd blank fep. No published date found in book, gift ded signed 1952. Otherwise, no soil or tears Un-clipped original black, yellow and off white color illustrated dust jacket shows a cowboy on a horse, riding through a wheat field, on the portion that has just been harvested, we see the farmer with his team and thresher in the background. Jacket is grubby all over except for front flap. Small chips no longer than 1/2" at spine ends, head of rear panel and all corners. Book displays OK on the shelf with line drawing of a cowboy on a horse, roping a loose horse on backstrip along with title, author & publishers name. Two page line drawing frontis and two vignettes, one at each end of the story are the only illustrations, no artist credited. Old Amos Frazier had not been doing very well running a railroad construction camp. He had made a bad miscalculation, and was losing money every day. He decided to pay off his men, and leaving his son, Emery, to deal with the men, Pay the various outstanding bills, put the horses to pasture, and generally look after the outfit, he went in search of new contracts. Left to himself, young Emery had the feeling that he would not see his father again for a long time. Like his father, Emery Frazier was a man of spirit and determination. He was very enthusiastic about the possibilities of wheat ranching, though his father had been pessimistic about the whole idea. But Emery felt that wheat ranching would prove more profitable, and in the long run would re-establish their diminishing fortunes. This is the story of the young wheat rancher, his failures and successes. Seller Inventory # R46542
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