Home Station

ISBN: 0595004474

Author: Williams, Jeanne

Condition: New

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. text for author bio box: Born in western Kansas near the ruts of the Santa Fe trail, Jeanne Williams grew up with her grandparents on a farm without running water, so she knows how to do laundry frontier-style. The author currently lives in an historic adobe ranch house in rural Arizona. She is the winner of four Spurs from Western Writers of America, and the Levi-Strauss Saddleman Award. text for book description box: "Beautifully told story of a resolute woman who becomes a railroad station master in turn-of-the-century Kansas." Rocky Mountain News "Beautifully recreates an era when the train whistle was the heartbeat of a community." Roundup Magazine" A strong sense of the history of the area (Williams was born in western Kansas) and her usual appealing, strong female characters make this a fine reading experience."Books of the Southwest