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Surviving the sand : my family's struggle to farm the Pasco Desert /

"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 lau...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heavirland, Helen, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pullman, WA : Basalt Books, [2022]
Subjects:
Heavirland, Helen, > 1946- > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature.
Columbia Basin Project (U.S.) > Juvenile literature.
Heavirland, Helen, > 1946-
Girls > Washington (State) > Pasco > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Farm life > Washington (State) > Pasco > Juvenile literature.
Pasco (Wash.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Girls > Washington (State) > Pasco > Biography.
Farm life > Washington (State) > Pasco.
Pasco (Wash.) > Biography.
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Audience:Ages 10 and up
ISBN:9781638640042
1638640041