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Adventures of the Woman Homesteader: The Life and Letters of Elinore Pruitt Stewart

by Susanne K George

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Publisher Comments:

Generations of readers have delighted in Elinore Pruitt Stewart's Letters of a Woman Homesteader (1914) and Letters on an Elk Hunt (1915), among the most engaging accounts of life in the American West. Stewart related her adventures on an isolated Wyoming homestead with such vividness, gusto, and sympathy that she has become the woman homesteader. Until now, however, little has been known about her except what she chose to reveal in her published letters.

Old friends and new acquaintances alike will welcome this book combining Stewart's previously unpublished or uncollected letters with Susanne K. George's extensive research. Here is as full and candid a portrait as wella re ever likely to have of The Woman Homesteader: the illness, disappointments, and grinding hard work that lay behind her genial public persona; the family, neighbors, and correspondents who peopled her letter-stories and shared her life.

George has discovered in Elinore Pruitt Stewart a story fully as rewarding as any told by the Woman Homesteader herself. In an afterword George considers Stewart's use of fictional devices and her growth as a writer as well as her place in American letters.

Synopsis:

Among the most engaging accounts of life in the American West, Elinore Pruitt Stewart related her adventures on an isolated Wyoming homestead with vividness, gusto, and sympathy. Now, we go beyond her published letters to examine the life behind the words. Photographs.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780803270428
Subtitle:
The Life and Letters of Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Author:
George, Susanne K.
Author:
Bloomfield, Susanne George
Author:
George, Susanne K.
Publisher:
Bison Books
Location:
Lincoln, Neb.
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Sociology, anthropology and archaeology
Subject:
Sociology, rural
Subject:
Wyoming
Subject:
Women pioneers
Subject:
United States - 19th Century
Subject:
General History
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:
Women in the West
Series Volume:
103-144
Publication Date:
September 1993
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
227
Dimensions:
9.02x6.14x.51 in. .75 lbs.

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