Letters of a Woman Homesteader - Elinore Pruitt Stewart

Complete with its original N.C. Wyeth illustrations is this outstanding first-person chronicle of life on the American frontier. Peopled with the kinds of characters most novelists only dream of ( Christian Science Monitor ), this classic account of American frontier living captures the rambunctious spirit of a pioneer who set out in 1909 to prove that a woman could ranch. A series of letters make for a fascinating narrative and descriptive journal of Mrs. Stewart's life, moving from the city to a Wyoming homestead, marrying and still having the determination to homestead on her own. Stewart's captivating missives bring to full life the beauty, isolation, and joys of working the prairie.