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The Vrooms of the Foothills, Volume 1

The Vrooms of the Foothills, Volume 1

Bessie Vroom Ellis

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Trafford Publishing
Año de edición:
2003
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9781553698401
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In THE VROOMS OF THE FOOTHILLS: ADVENTURES OF MY CHILDHOOD, Bessie Vroom vividly recounts growing up on her family’s ranch in southwest Alberta. With the towering Rocky Mountains as a backdrop, her stories are full of the hardships and fun of ranch life in the 1920s and 1930s. Illustrated with 8 maps and over 110 photos.

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