An authentic voice from the western frontier Elinore Pruitt Stewart is renowned for her books \'Letters of a Woman Homesteader\' and its sequel \'Letters on an Elk Hunt, \' both of which are included in this Leonaur good value, two-in-one edition.
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Her story epitomises the spirit of the pioneer women who tamed a wilderness and will resonate with everyone who enjoys reading about the lives of those determined to triumph over adversity.
She has left us a rewarding, charming and poignant insight into the lives of American settlers who carved a living and a nation out of the western states.
Elinore\'s life as the couple struggled to run their Ranch and raise their family on the Wyoming prairie, was a harsh one, but her books show it be a life full of encounters with notable and memorable characters and rich in variety and experience.
She filed a claim on 160 acres of land adjacent to Stewart\'s property and the couple were married soon afterwards.
Three years later Elinore answered an advertisement for a housekeeper for rancher Henry Stewart at Burntfork, Wyoming.
Born in 1876 in the Oklahoma Indian Territory, the oldest of nine children, by the time she was 30 years old she had married Harry Rupert and was the widowed mother of a baby daughter.
An authentic voice from the western frontier Elinore Pruitt Stewart is renowned for her books \'Letters of a Woman Homesteader\' and its sequel \'Letters on an Elk Hunt, \' both of which are included in this Leonaur good value, two-in-one edition
