Through These Portals. The Story Of The George H. Mcentire Family And The U Ranch

CALDWELL, RUTH ELLIOTT MCENTIRE [COMPILED BY] EDITED BY CHRISTINE M. GILBERT

Publication: North Concho Press, 2007, Sterling County, Texas

First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 400 numbered and signed copies of which this number 236. Inscribed and dated at Christmas time in 2016, signed by Ruth McEntire Caldwell. Two-tone quarter leather and color marbled paper over boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, layout of the U Ranch on front and rear endpapers, xiii [blank], 283 [3] pp., preface, illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, epilogue, appendices, editor's note. A portrayal of the history of the family and the founding and subsequent successes of the U Ranch in Sterling County, Texas. Part I has two sections. "W.R. McEntire and the Founding of the U Ranch" by Monte L. Monroe and "George Herbert McEntire" by Ruth Elliott McEntire Caldwell. Part II contains Father and Son Correspondence: Running a Ranch including "A Jackrabbit Drive" by Abel Ramirez. Part III consists of "George writes to Virginia in School, 1930s." Part IV contains "George' Stories and Poems, 1930s and 1940s". Part V is More Correspondence, 1940s. Fine copy in an unprinted transparent dust jacket. A handsome copy.

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