{"product_id":"letters-of-a-woman-homesteader-9780803251939","title":"Letters of a Woman Homesteader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElinore Pruitt Stewart, 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. This title presents letters written from time of her arrival until 1913.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Everyone should read Elinore Pruitt Stewart. \u003ci\u003eLetters of a Woman Homesteader\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively account of a Denver woman who moved to Wyoming in the early 1900s and proved that a woman could ranch. It is a rare, first-hand account of the Wild West by a woman. There were plenty of women on the frontier, of course, but their accounts have been obscured by the cowboys who got to tell most of the stories.”—\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eWestern American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Authentic records of Western ranch life—and more, for Mrs. Stewart had a born writer's talent.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The letters show how important women were in frontier development. [Elinore Stewart's] energy, good works, sense of humor, courage, common sense, and humility win our admiration.\"—T. A. Larson, \u003ci\u003eWyoming Horizons Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405260169559,"sku":"9780803251939","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803251939.jpg?v=1730489318","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/letters-of-a-woman-homesteader-9780803251939","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}