Books with author Dodie SMITH

This book was created for laughs and is about the vintage lives of the children of yesteryear born and raised on typical farms and small towns of the midwest such as Tonganoxie Kansas, Haskell Oklahoma, Parkville Missiouri and the like.This book give great respect for the hard working Grandmothers who pioneered the great midwest and the images they create in the minds of their grandchildren as being the center icons of their dreams, imagination and direction in life.

A love story set in early 1900s England that follows Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family. It speaks about struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. This book brought to awareness the problem that many "titled" families had (an still have) in England with paying for the upkeep of their castles ... making them cash poor but land rich. It is a beautiful story for the romantic in all of us.

He was considered by some to be the most qualified man to ever hold the office of President of the United States, yet he is the one who wound up tainting it the most.Bluewater examines the life of Richard Milhous Nixon, and what melded a man so capable world leaders solicited his advice until his death yet remains one of the most contradictory and controversial figures in all of American history, a man who divided a nation yet eventually helped it heal and whose legacy affected every President who came afterward and continues to be felt today.

Excerpt from History of the Chisum War, or Life of Ike Fridge: Stirring Events of Cowboy Life on the FrontierChisum ranch on Home creek, forty miles east of Fort Concho.I was just a boy but I was skilled in riding, roping and shooting, as these had been my daily pastimes practically all of my life.Our outfit consisted of three thousand Texas cattle, thirty men, chuck wagons and three yoke of oxen - those patient, slow but strong and effi cient beasts of 'burden that always reach their destination with. Their load, if they are given care and time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from History of the Chisum War, or Life of Ike Fridge: Stirring Events of Cowboy Life on the FrontierChisum ranch on Home creek, forty miles east of Fort Concho.I was just a boy but I was skilled in riding, roping and shooting, as these had been my daily pastimes practically all of my life.Our outfit consisted of three thousand Texas cattle, thirty men, chuck wagons and three yoke of oxen - those patient, slow but strong and effi cient beasts of 'burden that always reach their destination with. Their load, if they are given care and time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.