This I Can Leave You: A Woman's Days on the Pitchfork RanchWhen D Burns arrived at the mighty Pitchfork Ranch as the new manager in 1942, he walked straight into the hostility of a lot of longtime hands who did not want to take orders from an outsider. Gradually, though, D and his wife, Mamie, won allies and made a place for themselves on the historic spread. For the next twenty-three years Mamie jotted down stories about the cowhands, the cooks and gardeners at the Big House, the many guests, and her own lively family. |
Contents
Ending and Beginning Again | 25 |
The Welcome | 34 |
Old Man Hinch | 43 |
Copyright | |
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This I Can Leave You: A Woman's Days on the Pitchfork Ranch Mamie Sypert Burns No preview available - 1986 |
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