[PDF] The Rim Of The Prairie eBook

Author : Bess Streeter Aldrich
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 24,39 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780803259072

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Acclaimed for her 1928 novel A Lantern in Her Hand, Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of the most widely read interpreters of the prairie pioneer experience. In 1935, she published her masterpiece, Spring Came on Forever, a novel of two Nebraska pioneer families from settlement to the 1930s. Elsewhere an artist of the romance, here Aldrich turns romance on its head. The heroine is Amalia Holmsdorfer, one of a band of German immigrants who settle on the prairie. From her late teens to her mid-eighties she confronts and defeats the forces of nature and society that discourage or ruin others. Her life might be a modest triumph but for one detail: she married the wrong man. Quickly paced and precisely drawn, this novel is Aldrich's greatest tribute to the complexity, humor, endurance, and intelligence of the people who settled the prairie. Whatever its sentiments, it has as many cutting edges as a buzz saw.

Author : Thomas McGuane
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 16,83 MB
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 140007522X

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The unforgettable story of a housepainter turned doctor in Big Sky country who finds himself on a darkly funny journey to salvation in this “irrepressibly comic and optimistic” novel (The New York Times Book Review) from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts Berl Pickett is living in the small town of Livingston, Montana. The son of Pentecostal rug-shampooers, Pickett has never been the social toast of the town, but when he is accused of negligent homicide in the death of his former lover, he finds himself ostracized by his colleagues and realizes just how small his little village truly is. But fortunately for Berl, the very thing that sets him apart—his inability to follow the pack—proves to be his saving grace. With this inglorious hero, McGuane has created an unforgettable voyager.

Author : Ada Woodruff Anderson
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 27,99 MB
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Join the exodus to the wilds of Alaska with Ada Woodruff Anderson's novel, 'The Rim of the Desert'. Against a stunning backdrop of glaciers and forests, a diverse group of characters gather to debate the future of Alaska and its people. From the regalia of the Arctic Circle to the rugged determination of the mining engineer, Anderson weaves a tale of political intrigue, personal ambition, and unexpected alliances. At the heart of the story is Hollis Tisdale, a man whose youth and power belie a deep understanding of the land and its people. As tensions rise and loyalties shift, Tisdale must navigate a complex web of competing interests to help forge a new future for Alaska.

Author : Bess Streeter Aldrich
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,1 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Published in 1931, Bess Streeter Aldrich's novel 'A White Bird Flying' is about Abbie Deal, the matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family, who has died at the beginning of the story. She left her china and heavy furniture to others, and to her granddaughter Laura - the secret of her dream of finer things. Grandma Deal's literary aspirations had been thwarted by the hard circumstances of her life, but Laura vows that nothing, no one, will deter her from a successful writing career. Childhood passes, and the more she repeats her vow the more life intervenes.

Author : Ole Edvart Rølvaag
Publisher :
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 18,4 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Dakota Territory
ISBN :

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A narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism on the boundless Dakota prairie, as a Norwegian-American immigrant family passed through Ellis Island and worked to eke out a living in America's midwest.