| The Ford Contributor(s): Austin, Mary (Author), Walton, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0520207572 ISBN-13: 9780520207578 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $28.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: 'The Ford' is set in fictional Tierra Longa Valley, a composite of Kern and Inyo Counties circa 1905. Oil discovery leads to a stampede of ruthless speculators. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96014396 |
| Series: California Fiction |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (1.18 lbs) 440 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mary Austin's 1917 novel illuminates one of the crucial issues in California history-the usurpation of water from the Owens Valley. Ranging from the eastern Sierra to the financial district in San Francisco, the plot portrays the frenzied speculation in land and resources, labor protests, and feminist organizing of the time, exemplified in the successful efforts of an independent young woman to buy back her family's Owens Valley ranch. |