1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910827709303321

Autore

Nunnery Frances Minerva <1898-1997.>

Titolo

A woman of the century, Frances Minerva Nunnery (1898-1997) [[electronic resource] ] : her story in her own memorable voice as told to Cecil Dawkins / / edited by Cecil Dawkins ; with a foreword by Max Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, c2002

ISBN

1-283-63513-5

0-8263-2853-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DawkinsCecil <1927-2019.>

Disciplina

978.9/05/092

B

Soggetti

Women ranchers - New Mexico

Ranch life - New Mexico

New Mexico Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: My Early Days; 2: My First Paying Job; 3: I Head West; 4: A Runaway Wife; 5: I Land in the Duke's City; 6: Parker Kidnaps Anita; 7: Into the Rooming-House Business; 8: I Marry My Second Husband; 9: I Realize My Big Ambition; 10: Running Two Ranches; 11: Whiskey-Making and the Bishop's Visit; 12: Getting Along with the Neighbors; 13: Winters Alone; 14: Cowboys and Cattle Drives; 15: Single Again; 16: Adventures Trucking; 17: I Build a Roadhouse; 18: Adventures of a Deputy Sheriff

19: Turkey Farming20: I Try Real Estate; 21: In Taos with Doughbelly Price; 22: Taos People and How I Stretched the City Limits; 23: My Circle Expands; 24: I Build on South Santa Fe Highway; Afterword; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The story of a woman who made her life in New Mexico--a determined, ingenious entrepreneur whose career and personality defy every stereotype about women.