Letters of a Woman Homesteader. By Elinore Pruitt Stewart. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company. Reprint Edition. 1982. Illustrations. 282 Pages. $6.25 Paper.
In 1909 a young widow and her daughter moved to Wyoming to become a frontier
housekeeper, laundress and homesteader. An extensive series of letters describing
her experiences was published by the Atlantic Monthly in 1913 with original
illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. Houghton Mifflin has reprinted the letters and drawings
without change. The book comes at a time when there is increased interest in everyday
life of women, and will be welcomed as a historical document as well as a captivating
account of life under very difficult circumstances.
