Vardis Fisher

The story is set in the 2nd or 3rd century B.C. The author contrasts Greek culture with Judaism in a novel set in the time of the Maccabees rebellion, when the Jews overcame the Seleucide Empire (established by the Greeks) and reduced the influence of Hellenism in Israel and Judea.

Novel dealing with the place of women in primitive society.

Illustrated lining-papers. "First edition."

Chronicle of a family on a dry farm in the Idaho hills.

MAIL-ORDER MARRIAGE After living through an arctic night, it had been easy for Jeremy Kincaid's buddies to talk him into signing up for a mail-order bride. But from the moment he saw her getting off a plan, he knew the cold must have frozen his good sense. Whoever heard of marrying someone you didn't even know? Yet the instant Maddy batted her baby blue eyes, he was lost. Never mind the subzero temperatures, Maddy generated a heat that chased away the most blustery chill!