- Taschenbuch: 240 Seiten
- Verlag: Vintage; Auflage: Reprint (31. Mai 1994)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0679751351
- ISBN-13: 978-0679751359
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,3 x 1,4 x 20,2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (15 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.145.230 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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A heartfelt tribute to the Wyoming family ranch on which Jordan (Cowgirls, 1982) was raised, and to the hardy people who chose that difficult way of life. Part of the proud fourth generation to run cattle on the high, windswept prairie of Iron Mountain, Wyoming, Jordan was also a sad witness to the end of that tradition as the ranch passed out of her family's hands in 1978, lost in an irreversible trend that shrank the local population from 2,000 at the turn of the century to 30 today. Images of a childhood fondly remembered--the awe-inspiring view from a local landmark, time spent with the oldest family members--combine with more unpleasant recollections, such as the sudden death of Jordan's mother and the subsequent sale of the ranch. The memories appear in the context of more recent events, including the author's 1991 wedding on the ranch and an earlier return to Iron Mountain to take part in the calving season. Linking past and present intricately and intimately, describing family dynamics as well as the vicissitudes of everyday existence, Jordan creates both a bittersweet personal chronicle and a record of an endangered lifestyle, with the critical role of female forebears receiving particular attention. A sensitive, colorful series of contemplations, ultimately more impressionistic than cohesive but still a valuable rendering of family life and ranching in the American West. (Ten pages of b&w photographs--not seen.) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Jordan grew up on a ranch in the Iron Mountain area of southeastern Wyoming. She presents a family album of memories about grandparents, parents, brothers, aunts, friends, and hired hands who had an influence on her thoughts and actions. The result is a no-holds-barred description of the joys and sorrows of ranch life, the hard economic times, the injuries and broken bones, and the endurance required for survival. Jordan relates how she longed to return to the ranch when she was away or living elsewhere. She describes the excitement of calving time and of breaking and riding horses and the importance of cattle in the ranch environment. Readers who like stories about life on the ranch will identify with many events in this book. Recommended for collections on Northwest lore.
- Irwin Weintraub, Rutgers Univ. Lib., Piscataway, N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Irwin Weintraub, Rutgers Univ. Lib., Piscataway, N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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As a young child, I used to walk the blue hogback ridges near my family's ranch in the Iron Mountain country or southeastern Wyoming with my great-grandmother, looking for fossils and arrowheads. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Jordan's book was much more than ranching and her life, she tells us about her feelings and thoughts that are associated with her life events. The reader becomes indulged in her feelings are can feel empathy for her. This book is a down to earth, real life story that is worthy of reading by most people.
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I thought, "This will be a nice distraction." Boy, did I underestimate this book. Ms. Jordan takes you with her through her life and her relatives' lives. You feel the draw of the west and the power of the Wyoming wind. Getting caught up in the struggles of the various generations, and Ms. Jordan's, sheds light on your own life. As Ms. Jordan heals, the opportunity to resolve one's own conflicts seems more possible. This is a wonderful escape and marvelous therapy all rolled into one.
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I have really enjoyed this book. It's rare to get such an intimate view of ranch life, and especially of the women who made/make their lives out West. Teresa Jordan is a terrific writer. I admire her spare, evocative prose. This book should not be overlooked in the current craze for memoirs.
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A loss of a way of life
Reading Teresa Jordan's novel Riding the White Horse Home inevitably inspires a sense of regret and loss. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Progress replacing simplicity
This story is simple, yet complex. It is easy to read, yet is very difficult to fully understand. On the surface, this book appears to be the typical biography of a ranch girl in... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Good Book
Teresa Jordan's Riding the White Horse Home is appropriately subtitled A western Family Album. Her book explicitly describes life on her family's cattle ranch and her experiences... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. März 1999 veröffentlicht
The Gift of Simple Description
Teresa Jones' novel Riding the White Horse Home is a dictionary, encyclopedia, map, and guide to the traditional western ways of life and the ties they have to her heritage. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. März 1999 veröffentlicht
The ties between family and personal identity
A journal or a diary is a window into the writer's soul. Reading this book has the same feel to it as reading the author's journal. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Finding a place of honor
I have only been to Wyoming once. All I can remeber is the wind blowing at 60 MPH, dirt in our eyes, ears, and noses; pancakes blown into the dust before we could even get them on... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Snapshots: Riding the White Horse Home by Teresa Jordan
Snapshots: A Review of Riding the White Horse Home by Teresa Jordan By Sara Johns Teresa Jordan's new novel, Riding the White Horse Home, is appropriately subtitled, "A... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Learning to See
Riding the White Horse Home is appropriately subtitled "A Western Family Album." In it, Teresa Jordan explores her family's history as cattle ranchers in the late nineteenth... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. März 1999 veröffentlicht
jordan reveals incires into our own lives
It is difficult to see the beauty of a quilt before it is finished. In mid-project the pieces seem fitted together randomly, one piece next to the other with no pre-organized... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. März 1999 veröffentlicht
A fascinating story of a disappearing way of life.
Jordan takes readers into the very heart of the ranching way of life. Those who grew up in agriculture will appreciate the honesty and details. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Januar 1999 von Jeri Mattics Omernik
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