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Classic Earring Designs
this book has a lot of easy to follow patterns that you can also use with other things and to make sets of jewelry. a good basic book
Classic Earring Designs
This was one of the first books that I had when I first began to bead. I loved it, and every design that I have made causes comments from others- The directions are clear and consise. I lost the book sometime back, and missed it so much I ordered it again. I think that this book should be in your library, whether you have only a few or many books of this type.
Classic Earring Designs
Most of the designs are rather dated, giving me 70's flashbacks, and the earrings, pictured without ear wires, are quite long on their own. With the extra length of a French hook, for example, they'd be a bit much for every day wear. Most of the color plates (just a few pages) had a distinct Native American air to them, as well.Not a book I'd buy again, but not worth sending back, either.
Where the Long Grass Blows
This 1976 western from Louis L'Amour started its life in a September, 1949, pulp magazine and was later expanded and changed somewhat into novel form. The author name used for the pulp story was 'Jim Mayo', a name Louis used long before he began using his real name.The original story was set in Nevada where the Ruby Hills are located, they soar upwards of 11,000 feet. This was an area of active mining and cattle ranching. With this setting in mind, Louis L'Amour wrote his 1949 pulp story for WEST magazine, giving the name of Ross Haney to his main character. Ross Haney later became the Bill Canavan of the novel. The plot has to do with land settlement and development, especially with Bill Carnavan having the desire to have a ranch of his own. When he stakes claims to do so several ranchers turn against him. In spite of changing Levitt's fiance's name from Sherry Vernon to Dixie Venable in this longer version, both stories still remain pretty much the same.Readers wishing to read the complete, original story may still do so in Louis' book entitled THE RIDER OF THE RUBY HILLS, a book containing four magazine articles all of which later were reworked into full blown novels.This novel, WHERE THE LONG GRASS BLOWS reads much better than the magazine story as a more skilled Louis L'Amour did the writing and the story is more fleshed out than the earlier 1949 pulp magazine story. For true L'Amour fans reading both will be very instructive.Semper Fi.
Where the Long Grass Blows
Quite enjoyed this one, the cards were on the table almost right from the start. Bill Canavan rides into town, on the way he meets the feisty girl he wants to marry - and races her and her horse Flame, Winning as well.She is daughter of one of the clans who are controlling things thereabouts. The other clan is headed by Reynolds, a man with a very unsavoury past which Canavan knows well enough - and when challenged lets everyone else know about it as well.Canavan, however, knows sometihng none of them know - he has staked out or bought all the water rights thereabbouts - and there is going to be big trouble brewing - Canavan is the man to handle it though.Wry humour, tough action and some good western reading. L'amour does a rollicking good yarn.
Where the Long Grass Blows
This story was full of action. It put you in the West as it was in the past and living along with the people in the story. Great read'