The Iron Orchard Near Fine plant and animal life in

plant and animal life in the Big Bend region

Hardcover book with leather backstrip over cloth covered boards

President of Constitutional Convention of 1866

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The Iron Orchard Near Fine plant and animal life inThe story of a young man desperate to make a name for himself and chooses to do so in the Texas oil fields. Pendleton knew the oil fields. This is a vibrant yet sometimes brutal story of men who labored, sweated, lusted, and gambled their money and spirits. It is also a story of perseverance and love. The Iron Orchard shared the 1967 Texas Institute of Letters Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction along with Larry McMurtrys The Last Picture