I honestly cannot remember when I've enjoyed books more than Elinore's true homesteader books. Her story is told through her letters to a friend and they're a fascinating window into that period of the American West. Her writing was intelligent, amusing, interesting, poetic, and incredibly heartfelt. Life wasn't easy, but she always made the best of the situation and helped her fellow man/woman/child/animal. She was a hardworking, brave, loving wonder of a woman. I always enjoy books that leave me with a warm, fuzzy feeling and hope for mankind. Her books do that in spades.

This 2nd volume contains the letters written from July 8, 1914 through October 25, 1914 when Elinore was out on an elk hunt. She sends letters to Mrs. Coney in Denver as the events are taking place. True to form, Elinore enthralls the reader with descriptions of the landscape, but mostly focuses on the people who she meets along the way. There are many sad stories in these letters; stories of suffering, hardship and loss. But she always finds the positive in each situation and always strives to learn humility from the people she meets.

"I have had a fine trip; I have experienced about all the human emotions. I had not expected to encounter so many people or to get the little inside glimpses that I've had, but wherever there are human beings there are the little histories. I have come home realizing anew how happy I am, how much I have been spared, and how many of life's blessings are mine."

Such a great read--absolutely loved it--both times I read it!

Absolutely delightful, easy read, collection of true life experiences on a 4 month elk hunt in 1914. Highly recommend.

Read it, it's fantastic. And true. This woman really has a way with words, too. The settings and emotions really come to life, as corny as that sounds.

Delightful and wonderful, great stories.

A quick, easy read, the continuation of "Letters of a Woman Homesteader".

I liked it, it is full of entertaining frontier people. I like Elinor's voice, she is funny and fearless. It is more charming because it is true.

Hay una parte de niños chupando limones que casi me mata de alegría. Alerta: un poco timo, que más de la mitad es de otras mujeres del oeste. La parte buena es que también está muy bien.

In 1909 Elinore Pruitt went out west to Wyoming and married Clyde Stewart. Her interesting story is told in "Letters of a Woman Homesteader." This second book (a series of letters to a dear friend) was written five years later on a elk hunting trip. Her descriptions of people and places make this a fascinating read.

Describing abandoned houses she wrote, They were "hope's skeletons with their yawning doors and windows like eyeless sockets. (p. 25)

On life's challenges: "It had made her swim when she wanted to float."

In one scene the horses will not budge until someone remembers that their previous owners cussed at them. So the women cover their ears while the men get them moving in the only way they know how. (!)

Elinore's good humor mixed with the pathos of real-life hardships make this a pleasant excursion into American history. It was intriguing to think that there were still homesteaders and a "wild west" atmosphere as late as 1914.

Got this on my kindle and really enjoyed it. I read the first one and this follows it. If you enjoy history and the West you will like this. Well written and true. Both are an easy read.

Not nearly as good as Letters From a Woman Homesteader, but still worth a read. This book will make you want to go camping in the high mountains of Wyoming. It made me yearn to be a homesteader/pioneer myself, but I would have died and also, I love indoor plumbing.

Funny little anecdotes from a settler in the Wyoming territory circa 1913. Stewart pokes fun at her own foibles, and those of her neighbors, but it's always good-hearted.