Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest

图书标准信息

• 作者 Sandra Day O\\\'Connor 著
• 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2003-04
• ISBN 9780812966732
• 定价 179.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 336页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Now,forthefirsttimeinpaperback,hereistheremarkablestoryofSandraDayO’Connor’sfamilyandearlylife,herjourneytoadulthoodintheAmericanSouthwestthathelpedmakeherthewomansheistoday—thefirstfemalejusticeoftheU.S.SupremeCourt,andoneofthemostpowerfulwomeninAmerica.Inthisilluminatingandunusualbook,SandraDayO’Connortells,withherbrother,Alan,thestoryoftheDayfamily,andofgrowingupontheharshyetbeautifullandoftheLazyBranchinArizona.

LacedthroughoutthesestoriesaboutthreegenerationsoftheDayfamily,andeverydaylifeontheLazyB,arethelessonsSandraandAlanlearnedabouttheworld,self-reliance,andsurvival,andhowtheland,people,andvaluesoftheLazyBshapedthem.ThisfascinatingglimpseoflifeintheSouthwestinthelastcenturyrecountsanimportanttimeinAmericanhistory,andprovidesanenduringportraitofanindependentyoungwomanonthebrinkofbecomingoneofthemostprominentfiguresinAmerica.

【作者简介】

SandraDayO'ConnorwasborninElPaso,Texas,andattendedcollegeandlawschoolatStanfordUniversity.ShehasbeenmarriedtoJohnO'Connorsince1952,andtheyhavethreesons.NominatedbyPresidentReaganasassociatejusticeoftheUnitedStatesSupremeCourt,shetooktheoathofofficeonSeptember25,1981,thefirstwomantodoso.

H.AlanDayisalifelongrancherwho,aftergraduationfromtheUniversityofArizona,managedtheDayranch,theLazyB,forthirtyyears.HealsopurchasedandranranchesinNebraskaandSouthDakota,whereheestablishedawild-horsesanctuarythat,undercontractwiththeU.S.government,caredforfifteenhundredwildhorses.HelivesinTucson.

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