Winter Wheat

by Mildred Walker, James Welch (Introduction)

Overview

For this Bison Books edition, James Welch, the acclaimed author of Winter in the Blood (1986) and other novels, introduces Mildred Walker's vivid heroine, Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. He writes, "It is a story about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, within the space of a year and a half. But what a year and a half it is!" Welch offers a brief biography of Walker, who wrote nine of her thirteen novels while living in Montana.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803297418
Publisher:	UNP - Bison Books
Publication date:	12/01/1992
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	306
Sales rank:	728,601
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	680L (what's this?)

Editorial Reviews

This coming-of-age story about a young Montana woman was nominated for a National Book Award when first published in 1944. (Dec.)

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