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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1978, this is the autobiography of an indomitable woman and her family's 20 years of adventures and misadventures in a desert wilderness. In 1908, Sarah Olds packed up her brood and went homesteading. Her book tells of their hardships, poverty and tribulations.
Trade ReviewTwenty Miles From a Match is almost required reading for anyone interested in reviewing the homesteading days in Nevada because of either nostalgia, or to learn how our pioneers coped.""—
Sparks Tribune ""This is the story of the only woman living in the wilderness of northwest Nevada in 1910. It is a down-to-earth story that tells about the kindness of neighboring ranch-hands, the use of old home remedies for illness, and how a family survived during terrible winters when food was in short supply.""—
Old West “The character of Sarah Olds sets this story apart. With A.J. often bedridden, Sarah was on her own as much as not. It was usually she who had to make the dangerous journeys into Reno—a day’s wagon ride over washboard roads—for necessary supplies. While she did her endless chores, she was chased by storms, blistered by heat, threatened by wild creatures great and small, let down by friends, and discouraged by local officials time and again. But she never failed her family.” —
Reno Evening Gazette
