num_pages: 79
description: Letters of a Woman Homesteader presents an outstanding first-person account of life on the American frontier. Elinore Pruitt Stewart took up homesteading in Burnt Fork, Wyoming, in 1909, to prove that a woman could ranch. Her captivating letters reveal the isolation, the beauty, and the joy of working the prairie. This charming chronicle, the basis for the acclaimed movie Heartland, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, is part of our vanished past. Stewart€™s courage and her delight in the world around her cannot fail to capture the hearts of her readers.
language: English
title: The Letters of Eleanor Stewart Pruitt, Woman Homesteader
titlecomplete: The Letters of Eleanor Stewart Pruitt, Woman Homesteader (In My Own Words)
genres: Memoir, Classics, Nonfiction, Womens, Biography Memoir, American History, Biography, Westerns, History, Historical
ratings_count: 7843
places: Wyoming
publisher: Benchmark Books