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A thousand acres  Cover Image Book Book

A thousand acres / Jane Smiley.

Smiley, Jane, (author.).

Summary:

Larry Cook, an Iowan farmer who has worked a thousand acre plot owned by his family for generations, abruptly decides to leave his farm to his three daughters and retire. His two eldest daughters are pleased with the decision but his youngest daughter has been cut out by her father and is angry. As the daughters' activity on the land progresses, they notice a change in their father. Events begin to unfold that will threaten and destroy the family and their farm.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780394577739
  • ISBN: 0394577736
  • Physical Description: 371 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1991].

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
Pulitzer Prize, 1992.
Subject: Inheritance and succession > Fiction.
Parent and adult child > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Aging parents > Fiction.
Family farms > Fiction.
Farm life > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Iowa > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Baker County Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Baker County Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker County Library SMILEY (Jane) (Text) 37814002855428 FICTION Available -


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