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Title: Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart ISBN: 0-395-91151-6 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Extraordinary!
Comment: I hardly know where to begin. I have nothing but unstinting praise for these letters and the book, except for . . . well, I'll get to that in a moment. Elinore Stewart's writing is a model to be followed by anyone of any time or place on any subject. Clear as a bell, concise yet comprehensive, replete with localisms and skillfully rendered frontier humor, it makes one want to toss the PC and reference library into the trash and move to some unspoiled wilderness. Yet, a caveat. When you finish the book you feel you know this indomitable woman. Then it suddenly strikes you that you don't. Who was Elinore Pruitt Stewart? Where was she born, grow up? Who was the railroader who fathered her daughter, and most of all, what happened to her?
Rating: 5
Summary: Proud to be progeny
Comment: Elinore Pruitt Stewart was my grandmother, my father's mother. She died before I was born; I deeply regret never getting to know her, as she was a remarkable woman. Readers who enjoyed the book might also enjoy the film made from it- "Heartland", directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Conchata Ferrill as Elinore and Rip Torn as Clyde. It is available on video. The script was originally conceived by the Wilderness Women's Project at the University of Montana. My father and mother got to play bit roles as wedding guests. Elinore also wrote "Letters On An Elk Hunt", as well as many short pieces for periodicals of the day.
Rating: 5
Summary: An intriguing look into the past of America's frontier
Comment: At first, the thought of reading letters from nearly a hundred years ago held very little interest for me but from the second page I was hooked. Just over four hours later I was done reading, and was equipped with a whole new view of not only life in the early 20th century but of the impact woman had on it. Worth reading by both woman and man alike.
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Title: The Adventures of the Woman Homesteader: The Life and Letters of Elinore Pruitt Stewart by Susanne K. George ISBN: 0803270429 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: 01 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillian Schlissel ISBN: 0805210040 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 08 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849 by Kenneth L. Holmes, Anne M. Butler ISBN: 0803272774 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America by Linda Lawrence Hunt, Sue Armitage ISBN: 0893012629 Publisher: Univ of Idaho Pr Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier by Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith ISBN: 0806130547 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.05 |
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