FARMER BOY
by Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1951. Beige hardcover cloth binding with red titles and illustration on front is clean, square and tight. School award sticker from 1952 inside front cover. Interior overall clean and tight interior. Color frontispiece illustration. A-A designation on copyright page indicates January 1951 printing. Almanzo and his brother Royal, along with their two sisters, went to school but also had the demands of the seasons governing their lives in northern New York State. There was ground to be plowed, and planting to be done, and then the harvest to get in. There is adventure at the count fair. A delightful story, simply told, it is a faithful record of the hardships and pleasures of a way of life this generation may never experience.. Illus. by Sewell, Helen and Boyle, Milded. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Synopsis
Farmer Boy is a children's historical novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder. First published in 1933, it is the second book in the nine part Little House series, also known as "The Laura Years". Although it was the second book written, Farmer Boy is usually read third in the series, following Little House on the Prairie. Farmer Boy is based on the childhood of Laura's husband, Almanzo Wilder, who grew up in the 1860's near the town of Burke in upstate New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013528
- Title
- FARMER BOY
- Author
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Illustrator
- Sewell, Helen and Boyle, Milded
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Chapter Books;
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