Letters of a Woman Homesteader

by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt; Wyeth, N. C.

• ISBN13: 9780486451428
• ISBN10: 0486451429
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

"Warmly delightful, vigorously affirmative." - The Wall Street Journal. Told with vivid gusto by a young, fiercely determined widow, this towering classic of American frontier life paints a candid portrait of her work, travels, neighbors, and harsh existence on a Wyoming ranch in the early 1900s. Includes 6 original illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.

Table of Contents

I. The Arrrival at Burnt Fork	1	(2)
II. Filing a Claim	3	(4)
III. A Busy, Happy Summer	7	(5)
IV. A Charming Adventure and Zebulon Pike	12	(9)
V. Sedalia and Regalia	21	(4)
VI. A Thanksgiving-Day Wedding	25	(3)
VII. Zebulon Pike Visits His Old Home	28	(2)
VIII. A Happy Christmas	30	(6)
IX. A Confession	36	(2)
X. The Story of Cora Belle	38	(8)
XI. Zebbie's Story	46	(8)
XII. A Contented Couple	54	(7)
XIII. Proving Up	61	(2)
XIV. The New House	63	(4)
XV. The "Stocking-Leg" Dinner	67	(6)
XVI. The Horse-Thieves	73	(10)
XVII. At Gavotte's Camp	83	(3)
XVIII. The Homesteader's Marriage and a Little Funeral	86	(4)
XIX. The Adventure of the Christmas Tree	90	(9)
XX. The Joys of Homesteading	99	(2)
XXI. A Letter of terrine's	101	(1)
XXII. The Efficient Mrs. O'Shaughnessy	102	(2)
XXIII. How It Happened	104	(3)
XXIV. A Little Romance	107	(11)
XXV. Among the Mormons	118	(11)
XXVI. Success	129