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Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Women of the West)
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780803251939 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Elinore Pruitt, a widow and mother who washed clothes for a living in Denver, planned to work as a housekeeper for some rancher while learning all she would need to know about homesteading a place for herself. In 1909 she went to work for Clyde Stewart, whose ranch was near Burnt Fork, Wyoming, and within six weeks she married him. "Ranch work seemed to require that we be married first and do our sparking afterward," she wrote Juliet Coney, her former employer. She maintained her independence by filing on a quarter section adjacent to her husband's land and proving it up herself. Her delightful letters, written from the time of her arrival until 1913, authentically depict an Old West that, as Jessamyn West notes in her foreword, has been "progressively obscured by those who portray it most often."
The critically acclaimed 1980 film Heartland was based on Elinore Pruitt Stewart's letters and journals.
Review:
"Authentic records of Western ranch life-and more, for Mrs. Stewart had a born writers talent."-New York Times Book Review
(New York Times Book Review)Review:
"Mrs. Stewart was a woman whose nineteenth-century pioneer spirit seems to have been laced with a strong dose of twentieth-century liberation. Equally impressive is her ability to characterize the people around her."-Ann Ronald, Western American Literature
(Ann Ronald, Western American Literature)Review:
"The letters show how important women were in frontier development. [Elinore Stewarts] energy, good works, sense of humor, courage, common sense, and humility win our admiration."-T. A. Larson, Wyoming Horizons Magazine
(T. A. Larson, Wyoming Horizons Magazine)Synopsis:
Elinor Pruitt Stewart's letters to her friend are an authentic record of Western ranch life in the early 1900s. Written with a born writer's talent and a pioneer spirit laced with a strong dose of twentieth century liberation. Basis for the 1980 film Heartland.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780803251939
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- Publisher:
- Bison Books
- Location:
- Lincoln :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- History
- Subject:
- United states
- Subject:
- United States - 19th Century/Old West
- Subject:
- West (u.s.)
- Subject:
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Subject:
- United States - State & Local
- Subject:
- Letters
- Subject:
- Pioneers
- Subject:
- Ranch life
- Subject:
- Wyoming
- Subject:
- Women pioneers
- Subject:
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Wyoming.
- Subject:
- Pioneers -- Wyoming -- Correspondence.
- Subject:
- United States - 20th Century
- Series:
- Women of the West
- Series Volume:
- 88-4
- Publication Date:
- January 1990
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 282
- Dimensions:
- 7.96x5.31x.66 in. .65 lbs.
