A Lantern in Her Hand

First published in 1928 <strong>A Lantern in Her Hand</strong> has outlasted literaryfashions to touch generations of readers. In this classic story of a pionee... » 

First published in 1928 A Lantern in Her Hand has outlasted literaryfashions to touch generations of readers. In this classic story of a pioneerwoman Bess Streeter Aldrich modeled protagonist Abbie Deal on her own motherwho in 1854 had traveled by covered wagon to the Midwest. In A Lantern in HerHand Abbie accompanies her family to the soontobestate of Nebraska. Therein 1865 she marries and settles into her own sod house. The novel describesAbbies years of childraising of making a frontier home able to withstandevery adversity. A Disciplined writer knowledgeable about true stories ofpioneer days in Nebraska Bess Streeter Aldrich conveys the strength ofeveryday things the surprise of familiar faces and the look of the unspoiledlandscape during different seasons. Refusing to be broken by hard experienceAbbie sets a joyful example for her family and for her readers. This BisonBooks edition includes Bess Streeter Aldrichs own story of how she came towrite A Lantern in Her Hand. Among the other Aldrich books reprinted by theUniversity of Nebraska Press is A White Bird Flying first published in1931 the sequel to A Lantern in Her Hand. «