Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest - Sandra Day O'connor

Descriere Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest - Sandra Day O'connor

In this bestseller now in paperback, the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court describes her experiences growing up on a cattle ranch in the American Southwest and how the land, people, and values shaped her. Photos throughout. \nThe remarkable story of Sandra Day O'Connor's family and early life, her journey to adulthood in the American Southwest that helped make her the woman she is today: the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and one of the most powerful women in America. \nA charming memoir about growing up as sturdy cowboys and cowgirls in a time now past.--USA Today \n \nIn this illuminating and unusual book, Sandra Day O'Connor tells, with her brother, Alan, the story of the Day family, and of growing up on the harsh yet beautiful land of the Lazy B ranch in Arizona. Laced throughout these stories about three generations of the Day family, and everyday life on the Lazy B, are the lessons Sandra and Alan learned about the world, self-reliance, and survival, and how the land, people, and values of the Lazy B shaped them. \n \nThis fascinating glimpse of life in the Southwest in the last century recounts an important time in American history, and provides an enduring portrait of an independent young woman on the brink of becoming one of the most prominent figures in America.\n

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Random House Trade

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ENSTK

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9780812966732

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1

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