BOOK REVIEW May 15, 2008
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“Hattie Big Sky” by Kirby Larson
16 year old Hattie receives a letter, in 1918, explaining she has inherited from her uncle a homestead in Montana. In order to retain ownership all she needs to do is pack up her belongings, leave Iowa and “prove up” a 320 acre prairie homestead. And so Hattie’s adventure begins. With humor, tears, grit , romance and help from neighbors Hattie begins to make her home.
Hattie chronicles her misdaventures, fun, friends, successes, sorrows and contentment in letters to her uncle in Iowa and to her good friend who is fighting in France during World War I.
Don’t miss this truly enjoyable story—–a perfect summertime read.
“The Hearts of Horses” by Molly Gloss
In 1917, 19 year old Martha Lessen travels to farms in Northeastern Oregon offering to break horses. She tells skeptical ranchers “I can gentle anything that has four feet and a tail.” Broncobusting is, obviously, an unconventional role for a woman in 1917. At this time in the US, most men are in Europe fighting a war. Martha’s plan is “to live a footloose cowboy life and see the places she’d read about in Western romances.”
Discover how Martha’s life unrolls while traveling between the ranches, working with the horses and becoming drawn into the lives of the people whos horses she gentles.
This is truly an engaging story. You can find this book at your local library or book seller. Enjoy your summertime stories.
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