The jumping-off place
By: by Marian Hurd McNeely. Illustrated by William Siegel
Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co.
Published: 1951
Place of publication: New York; Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Juvenile literature
Description: In the early 1900s, four orphaned siblings, the eldest being seventeen, set out to fulfill their uncle's dream of homesteading in Tripp County, South Dakota, and although they face drought, discomfort, and sabotaging squatters, new friends and inner strength help them carry on.