Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Author: Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Elinor Pruitt Stewart’s letters to her friend are an authentic record of Western ranch life in the early 1900s. Written with a born writer’s talent and a pioneer spirit laced with a strong dose of twentieth century liberation. Basis for the 1980 film Heartland…..Read More
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