I enjoyed this book as much as the first one. Since it's altogether a "tidier" book because the letters are concerned only with Elinore's elk hunt journey, its storyline might stick with me a little longer. I loved the descriptions of people and places. I just wish it had been a little longer and a bit more fleshed out because I had a hard time keeping the characters straight. If possible, the stories of the people Elinore met on the journey were even more engaging than in the first book. I was thankful the actual passages about the elk hunt proper weren't long because I still have a hard time with hunting scenes.

My favorite quotes:
"The very root of independence is hard times. That's the way America was founded; that is why it stands so firmly. Hard times is what makes sound characters." (Mrs. O'Shaughnessy's strong opinion)

"Just do the very best you can and trust God for the rest.... Never be afraid to help your best." (Grandma Mortimer)

"The first rays of the sun turned the jagged peaks into golden points of a crown."

"He started again to where the lantern was gleaming like a star fallen among the sage."

Loving it so far, Elinore Pruitt Stewart was a young widow with small children, early 1900's who answered an ad to work on a Wyoming ranch and left her job in the east, eventually becoming a woman homesteader. She writes a series of detailed letters to friends back east of her day to day adventures. A real historic record of life in the West at that time. This is my own book so will share. Love it so far and they haven't strated hunting elk yet!

Engaging sequel to Letters of a Woman Homesteader, this follows Elinore Pruitt Stewart on a winter hunt for elk.

Short compilation of published letters, available for free download from Project Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...

While the first book ("Letters from a Woman Homesteader") discussed Pruitt's adventures homesteading, this one is all about an elk hunt she and her husband go on with some of their friends. They encounter all kinds of interesting people, help some folks out, get helped out by others, and generally enjoy being out in the wide world. I found it enthralling. Not quite as wonderful as "Letters from a Woman Homesteader," but nearly so.

Can everyone read this book?

To see how hard life was and how good we have it now, is amazing. Did people ever work hard?! It is a joy to read this book. I highly recommend it.

The descriptive writing put me right there with her.

Una delicia de lectura.
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I found this very interesting; letters written in 1914 about a trip through Wyoming, from a woman's point of view and detailing the people met along the way. It really shows the tenacity, and adversities of settlers in the US West at that time.

(nota a mí misma: las fechas de lectura me las acabo de inventar porque sé que lo terminé hace meses y no recuerdo cuando)

La parte de Elinore me gustó como la anterior. La parte de "Otras mujeres de la frontera" me parece muy interesante pero la manera en la que están ordenadas me confundía.

Loved it

Actually, I read Letters of a Woman Homesteader. But the same author, the same time. Lovely, easy, vivid writing about Big Sky Country, and the characters that peopled the early west. Bigoted of course, as a nineteenth century Oklahoman would be, but fun and full of energy. Artful, too, because though they are crafted to be letters back home, they were aimed all the time at major magazines and publication, which she got.

Another really fantastic read. I picked this up immediately I finished the "Letters of a Woman Homesteader" and have enjoyed every minute of going on a community excursion into hunting even wilder country to hunt for Elk. Not only for recreation and diversion, as modern day hunting is, even though the entire experience added layers of enjoyment and variety to these pioneers hard lives, but to lay aside a source of meat for the winter ahead.

You get so many glimpses into the daily existence and daily toil of these folk. And again I found myself wondering if I would be up to making a success of such a life. Or would it just be too hard for us soft, modern-day folk.

Is it factual reporting, or does the writer add her own embellishments to bring her experiences to life and full colour for her friend who is the recipient of these letters? Who cares. It is some of the most enjoyable reading I have done is a while.