Description: Lantern in Her Hand, Paperback by Aldrich, Bess Streeter, ISBN 0803259220, ISBN-13 9780803259225, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US First published in 1928, A Lantern in Her Hand has outlasted literary fashions to touch generations of readers. In this classic story of a pioneer woman, Bess Streeter Aldrich modeled protagonist Abbie Deal on her own mother, who in 1854 had traveledby covered wagon to the Midwest.In A Lantern in Her Hand, Abbie accompanies her family to the soon-to-be-state of Nebraska. There, in 1865, she marries and settles into her own sod house. The novel describes Abbie's years of child-raising, of making a frontier home able to withstand every adversity. A Disciplined writer knowledgeable about true stories of pioneer days in Nebraska, Bess Streeter Aldrich conveys the strength of everyday things, the surprise of familiar faces, and the look of the unspoiled landscape during different seasons. Refusing to be broken by hard experience, Abbie sets a joyful example for her familyand for her readers.
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Book Title: Lantern in Her Hand
Number of Pages: 307 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Classics, General
Publication Year: 1994
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Bess Streeter Aldrich
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
