Surviving the sand
my family's struggle to farm the Pasco Desert
Book - 2022
"Soon after Columbia Basin Project irrigation opens, logger R. W. Lingscheit moves his family to the Pasco, Washington, desert. In Surviving the Sand, seven-year-old Helen shares their hardscrabble yet heartwarming story-one full of arduous work and incredibly tough times, but also love and laughter-as they chase her father's seemingly impossible dreams"--
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| 37413320510813 | Available | Non-fiction | B HEAVIRLAND HEAVIRL | Place a Hold |
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| Language: | English |
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Pullman, WA :
Basalt Books,
[2022]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Heavirland, Helen, |d 1946- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Surviving the sand : |b my family's struggle to farm the Pasco Desert / |c Helen Lingscheit Heavirland ; illustrations by Caryn Lawton. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Pullman, WA : |b Basalt Books, |c [2022] | |
| 300 | |a xii, 256 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 23 cm | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a The setting of the story -- Home? -- Into the unknown -- Little house -- New normal -- Again -- Let the farming begin -- Wind -- Aftermath -- Burst of beauty -- Cooling -- Thanksgiving -- Rich -- Winter -- Seeds -- Bad news, good news -- The move -- For me? -- Brr-rr-rr -- Merry Christmas -- Back to the shack? -- Where's home? -- Mom didn't look back -- Moving -- Starting over -- If only ... -- Progress -- Weeds -- Tractor training -- Uninvited guests -- Christmas commotion -- Deep freeze -- A Lot of Chicken Little -- Eggs and space -- The race is on -- Crew shrinks, work doesn't -- Why did I ever want to drive? -- What if ...? -- Goals -- Dreams and dread -- Big house -- Home -- Epilogue -- and now? | |
| 520 | |a "Soon after Columbia Basin Project irrigation opens, logger R. W. Lingscheit moves his family to the Pasco, Washington, desert. In Surviving the Sand, seven-year-old Helen shares their hardscrabble yet heartwarming story-one full of arduous work and incredibly tough times, but also love and laughter-as they chase her father's seemingly impossible dreams"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 521 | |a Ages 10 and up |b Basalt Books. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Heavirland, Helen, |d 1946- |x Childhood and youth. |
| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a Columbia Basin Project (U.S.). |
| 650 | 0 | |a Girls |z Washington (State) |z Pasco |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Farm life |z Washington (State) |z Pasco. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Pasco (Wash.) |v Biography. | |
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