Letters of a Woman Homesteader
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4.5 • 289 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Their answer was to drive up faster and stir up a powerful lot of dust. They kept pretty well ahead after that, but at sundown we came up with them at the well where we were to camp. This well had been sunk by the county for the convenience of travelers, and we were mighty thankful to find it. It came out that our young couple were bride and groom. They had never seen each other until the night before, having met through a matrimonial paper. They had met in Green River and were married that morning, and the young husband was taking her away up to Pinedale to his ranch.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
George provides biographical insight into the author of the 1914 pioneer classic Letters of a Woman Homesteader , giving a detailed presentation of Stewart's previously uncollected letters. Photos.
Customer Reviews
5 stars, wonderful diary- BUT gratuitous racism
The glimpse into American Pioneer life is remarkable. This is a brilliant woman with real talent for writing, the inadverdent window on Mornon life in the Utah territory is real history, though anecdotal. The author grew up in a slave state just after the legal end of slavery. There are comments about black people, confined to chocolate cookies, that turn the stomach of the modern reader. The writer is ikely remarkably tolerant for her time - but the time is the first decade of the 20th century.
Stretching
Great way to reflect on our current blessings and those who worked so hard before us.
Wonderful story
Loved the book. My grandparents were homesteaders so I found it very honest and descriptive of their struggles and determination to conquer the frontier.