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evagallud's review against another edition
4.0
Delicioso relato de la expansión hacia las tierras del Oeste a principios del XX por boca de una joven viuda que decide abandonar la miseria de la ciudad y aventurarse a tener su propio rancho. Prosa ágil y tono desenfadado, con hermosas descripciones del paisaje. Muy recomendable.
magratajostiernos's review against another edition
4.0
https://cronicasdemagrat.com/2016/06/24/cartas-de-una-pionera/
Elinore Pruitt Stuart me deja admirada y maravillada tras leer estas cartas llenas de encanto, humor y un amor por la naturaleza y el prójimo altamente contagioso.
¡A mi wishlist ya 'Cartas de una cazadora'! :D
Elinore Pruitt Stuart me deja admirada y maravillada tras leer estas cartas llenas de encanto, humor y un amor por la naturaleza y el prójimo altamente contagioso.
¡A mi wishlist ya 'Cartas de una cazadora'! :D
19paws's review against another edition
4.0
I had forgotten that I've read this--even though I know I've read it at least twice. I love letters/journals of pioneer women in general--and this is one of the best.
rachelhelps's review against another edition
5.0
I thought these letters might be boring, but they were adventurous and touching! Elinore Pruitt is a woman who moves to Colorado in the 1910s. She writes letters about hiking into the woods and shooting her dinner and then camping under the stars. She also writes about celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas and meeting some poor Mormon women. Her passionate explanation of how easy homesteading is has me determined to grow/build a vegetable garden this year.
Strangely enough, there are some "twists," so it's not completely predictable. Recommended to all women who live in the mountains or like nature writing. :-)
Strangely enough, there are some "twists," so it's not completely predictable. Recommended to all women who live in the mountains or like nature writing. :-)
clairereads123's review against another edition
4.0
What an interesting collection of letters! The characters and experiences depicted are as good as fiction. I enjoyed the diversity of the homesteaders - people from so many different countries trying to make a life in the wide open spaces of Wyoming. Dated language/terms in places reflective of the time period.
readerpants's review against another edition
4.0
After reading Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West and seriously wishing there had been more primary source materials (big flaw in that book), guess what should be donated to our library's ten cent book sale but this marvelous wry, funny collection of letters! I just wish there had been more. It's episodic -- lots of holes in the overall story because there just aren't that many letters -- but pretty much delightful and completely fascinating.
Caveat: includes some short examples of casual 1909 racism... sigh. Elinore, if only you'd known better! Taking away a star for it, though.
Caveat: includes some short examples of casual 1909 racism... sigh. Elinore, if only you'd known better! Taking away a star for it, though.
robynryle's review against another edition
3.0
These are real letters from a woman homesteader that read like a well-written novel. It's so well written that at times it's hard to believe it isn't a novel, but Elinore Stewart leaps off the pages as a fully formed woman who loves the outdoors and freedom and independence. Lovely.
sarahcoller's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed reading this---mainly because it was fun to imagine "old Wyoming". Also, some of the characters came from Arkansas, namely Yell County, so that was fun. I would recommend not reading the forward if one doesn't want the entire thing summed up in a few short paragraphs.