Description: In the fall of 1913, Laura and Earle Smith, a young Iowa couple, made the gutsy-some might say foolhardy-decision to homestead in Wyoming. There, they built their first house, a claim shanty half dug out of the ground, hauled every drop of their water from a spring over a half-mile away, and fought off rattlesnakes and boredom on a daily basis. Soon, other families moved to nearby homesteads, and the Smiths built a house closer to those neighbors. The growing community built its first public schoolhouse and celebrated the Fourth of July together-although the festivities were cut short because of snow.By 1917, however, the Smiths had moved back to Iowa, leasing their land to a local rancher and using the proceeds to fund Earle's study of law. The Smiths lived in Iowa for most of the rest of their lives, and sometime after the mid-1930s, Laura wrote this clear, vivid, witty, and self-deprecating memoir of their time in Wyoming, a book that captures the pioneer spirit of the era and of the building of community against daunting odds.
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EAN: 9780762784394
UPC: 9780762784394
ISBN: 9780762784394
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Book Title: Almost Pioneers: One Couple's Homesteading Adventu
Item Length: 22.8 cm
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Name: Almost Pioneers: One Couple's Homesteading Adventure in the West
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 g
Author: John Fry
Subject Area: Biographies & True Stories
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
