It was on the vast American prairie that people from around the world seized the opportunity for personal and economic freedom promised by free land.
This is the remarkable and ever-inspiring story of life on the grasslands that stretch from Canada to Mexico..
Believing absolutely that they could control their own destiny, they bet everything they owned, even in the face of insurmountable obstacles. 900 Miles from Nowhere is the heartfelt chronicle of the daily lives and personal struggles of Great Plains homesteaders, told in their own Voices through many never-before-published letters, diaries, and photographs.
Though many of their ventures ended in failure, their risks permanently enhanced the nation\'s diversity and its sense of independence and resourcefulness.
Putting hand to plow and breaking the sod for their first crude homes, these hardy settlers left an indelible thumbprint on American history and on the country\'s character.
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Traveling across oceans and continents, these hard-nosed, pragmatic people began arriving in the 1860s with shovels and plows, convinced they were part of something important.
It was on the vast American prairie that people from around the world seized the opportunity for personal and economic freedom promised by free land
