{"product_id":"letters-of-a-woman-homesteader-paperback-1","title":"Letters of a Woman Homesteader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElinore Pruitt Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJessamyn West\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElinore Pruitt, 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. In 1909 she went to work for Clyde Stewart, whose ranch was near Burnt Fork, Wyoming, and within six weeks she married him. \"Ranch work seemed to require that we be married first and do our sparking afterward,\" she wrote Juliet Coney, her former employer. She maintained her independence by filing on a quarter section adjacent to her husband's land and proving it up herself. Her delightful letters, written from the time of her arrival until 1913, authentically depict an Old West that, as Jessamyn West notes in her foreword, has been \"progressively obscured by those who portray it most often.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe critically acclaimed 1980 film Heartland was based on Elinore Pruitt Stewart's letters and journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984077455661,"sku":"9780803251939","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/RGN0bVB3Mms1UzRPbWROMWxPYytaZz09.webp?v=1776081787","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/letters-of-a-woman-homesteader-paperback-1","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}