Mary Kidder Rak (1879–1958)
Author of A cowman's wife
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Works by Mary Kidder Rak
They Guard the Gates The Way of Life on the American Borders, The Way of Life Series (1941) — Author — 1 copy
Border patrol 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1879-08-04
- Date of death
- 1958-01-25
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Stanford University
- Occupations
- rancher
autobiographer - Short biography
- Mary Kidder Rak was born in Iowa and earned a degree at Stanford University in California. She first moved to Arizona to teach at the University of Arizona. In 1918, she and her husband Charlie Rak, a forester, bought a remote ranch in the Chiricahua Mountains. She wrote four books about her life as a rancher, including A Cowman's Wife (1934) and Mountain Cattle (1936).
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Boone County Iowa, USA
- Place of death
- Douglas Cochise County Arizona, USA
- Burial location
- Ashes scattered over Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona.
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Statistics
- Works
- 4
- Members
- 18
- Popularity
- #630,788
- Rating
- 2.0
- ISBNs
- 5