Dear grandchildren
By: Alta F. Brean
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alta Omnimedia
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Jose, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780972636001
Subjects: Social life and customs; Farm life; Frontier and pioneer life; Biography; Pioneer children; Childhood and youth; Ranch life
Other titles: Growing up on the frontier
Description: Born May 30, 1906 on a rented farm located north of Sand Creek in Indian Territory, Alta F. Brean describes her childhood in the Oklahoma hills and in the New Mexico portion of the "Staked Plain", where her family lived, 1914-1918. Five months after her father died in 1919, Brean's family moved to Arizona. Brean's reminiscences end with her marriage May, 1924.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Dear grandchildren; title: My entrance; title: The Tommey place; title: A new home; title: School days begin; title: Our move to New Mexico; title: The long trip back; title: Home again; title: On the move once more; title: Epilogue; title: The seven siblings; title: The 1800s.