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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The memoir of Nellie Gail Moulton, written from 1968-1970 when she was in her late 80s in California. It describes her life, born in Kansas in 1878 when her parents were homesteaders, giving up that life and moving to a town to open a store after a short time. The eventually moved on to Hebron, Nebraska, and describing her pioneer days n Southern California as the wife of Louis Moulton, who became an Orange County cattle rancher, and whose name survives in one of Irvine's major boulevards. She eventually managed a 22,000 acre ranch in Orange County, studied en plein aire art with William Wendt, Edgar Payne, and Anna Hills, helped found the Laguna College of Art and Design, and spearheaded the construction of the Laguna Playhouse. 7 x 10 inches, 153 pages. Basically in very good condition, with some significant curling to the paper covers.…