Nubbin Ridge
by Lewis Nordyke; Illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
- Garden City, New York Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1960
- 264 p.
The day of the bloom -- New land and old rebels -- A fiddler and a miracle -- Big bite -- Wind in the cottonwoods -- "Sally Goodin" on the party line -- Man and Beast -- Can to can't -- Wonderful wagon yard -- Teacakes and prickly pears -- A time to pluck - and plunk -- Time of books -- Bounty of the valley -- The friendly hills -- Be it ever so humble -- Mr. Ellis laughs -- Days to remember -- Lore of the land -- The wrath of God -- The lily of the valley -- Kaiser Killers -- Hard riding -- Holding on -- Wonders to perform
Pictures life on a farm in the heart of Texas from 1909 to 1919, and portrays the struggle of a family to survive illness, poverty, and the harshness of the land.