Download or read book A Lantern in Her Hand written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bess Streeter Aldrich written by Carol Miles Petersen and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved by readers for decades, Bess Streeter Aldrich earned a national reputation with a long list of best-selling novels and with stories appearing in major magazines such as Ladies' Home Journal, Harper's Weekly, Colliers, McCalls, and The Saturday Evening Post. Her most famous novel, A Lantern in Her Hand, has remained a favorite since first published in 1928. Carol Miles Petersen has thoroughly researched Aldrich, consulting Aldrich's family, neighbors, and friends, poring over letters and newspapers, and reading Aldrich's work again and again. In Bess Streeter Aldrich she reveals a woman as strong and substantial as Aldrich's fictional heroines. Born in Iowa in 1881, Bess Streeter grew up and attended college there. After becoming a teacher, she met and fell in love with Charles "Cap" Aldrich, formerly Captain in the U.S. Army. After their marriage in 1907, they moved to Elmwood, Nebraska, where Bess devoted herself to raising children while Cap became a banker. Bess began to write and sell short stories, winning a national award and enjoying the celebrity of a famous author. It appeared that the Aldriches would live happily ever after; however, in 1925, Captain Aldrich suddenly died. The responsibilities of raising the family and managing the bank as a partial owner fell upon Bess. With the stock market crash of 1929, the nation's banking system spun into chaos-more than ever, her family, her bank, and her town depended on Bess. Aldrich's heroism is of the old-fashioned kind, not a moment of glory but a lifetime of effort, not a battle with a foe but a creation of love, humor, and kindness. Her stories were written to remind her readers of the joy of life. Carol Miles Petersenformerly taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is editor of the Collected Short Works of Bess Streeter Aldrich (Nebraska 1995).
Download or read book A White Bird Flying written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Spring Came on Forever written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Mother Mason written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Mason is a devoted wife, mother, and townswoman. She dotes on her four rowdy children and is involved with the library board and many women's clubs. Can Molly Mason grab some time for herself? Or will it all fall to pieces? Excerpt: "Mother sat in front of her Circassian walnut dressing table, her f--, no, plump form enveloped in lavender and green, chrysanthemum-covered, stork-bordered kimono, and surveyed herself in the glass. Mother was Mrs. Henry Y. Mason, and in Springtown, Nebraska, when one says "Henry Y." it conveys, proportionately, the same significance that it carries when the rest of the world says "John D."
Download or read book Journey Into Christmas and Other Stories written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains twelve short Christmas stories about reunited families, fellowship, and restored faith including 'I Remember,' a story about the author's childhood in Iowa.
Download or read book The Cutters written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lieutenant s Lady written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Lieutenant's Lady" by Bess Streeter Aldrich. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book The Rim of the Prairie written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1966-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A western story set in a small town in Nebraska on 'the rim of the prairie.' The characters include a tantalizing heroine made more attractive by a hint of mystery, a steadfast hero, and two delightful pioneers."--Cleveland Open Shelf "Very well written. Mrs. Aldrich realizes real, living figures."--Literary Review "Exciting and realistic. A wholesome story without being sentimental or cloying."--Boston Transcript "An understanding presentation of small town life with a pioneer background. Good for any library."--Wilson Library Journal
Download or read book Miss Bishop written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the journey of Ella Bishop, a spirited young woman who enters college with boundless ambition and an unwavering thirst for knowledge. As she excels academically and becomes a beloved teacher, Ella's radiant smile conceals the weight of her past tragedies and the challenges that lie ahead. Set against the backdrop of a budding Midwestern university, Ella's initial plans for a brief teaching career transform into a half-century of unexpected twists and turns. Join Ella as she navigates the complexities of life, love, and personal growth, proving that resilience and determination can shape a remarkable legacy.
Download or read book The Chaperone written by Laura Moriarty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey starring Elizabeth McGovern, The Chaperone is a New York Times-bestselling novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in the 1920s and the summer that would change them both. Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone, who is neither mother nor friend. Cora Carlisle, a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip, has no idea what she’s in for. Young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous black bob with blunt bangs, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will transform their lives forever. For Cora, the city holds the promise of discovery that might answer the question at the core of her being, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in this strange and bustling place she embarks on a mission of her own. And while what she finds isn’t what she anticipated, she is liberated in a way she could not have imagined. Over the course of Cora’s relationship with Louise, her eyes are opened to the promise of the twentieth century and a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive. Drawing on the rich history of the 1920s, ’30s, and beyond—from the orphan trains to Prohibition, flappers, and the onset of the Great Depression to the burgeoning movement for equal rights and new opportunities for women—Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone illustrates how rapidly everything, from fashion and hemlines to values and attitudes, was changing at this time and what a vast difference it all made for Louise Brooks, Cora Carlisle, and others like them.
Download or read book Prairie Cooks written by Carrie Young and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her warm and often deliciously funny memoir Prairie Cooks, Carrie Young celebrates the Norwegian American foods of her childhood in an artful blend of reminiscences and recipes. Book jacket.
Download or read book Lost Restaurants of Omaha written by Kim Reiner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Omaha is known for its beef, but the history of its most famous restaurants goes far beyond. The French Café was the place to go to celebrate. Piccolo Pete's, Mister C's and Bohemian Café helped shape neighborhoods in Little Italy, North Omaha and Little Bohemia. The tales of restaurateurs like the tragic Tolf Hanson; the ever-optimistic Ross Lorello; Anthony Oddo, once a resident at Boys Town; and Giuseppa Marcuzzo, a former bootlegger, also tell the story of the city. Restaurants played a prominent role as history unfolded in Omaha during prohibition, wartime rations, the fight for equal rights and westward expansion. Author Kim Reiner details the fascinating history behind Omaha's classic eateries.
Download or read book Bess Streeter Aldrich written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treasury of Bess Streeter Aldrich written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Company of Swans written by Eva Ibbotson and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Company of Swans is a sweeping tale of romance, freedom and the beauty of dance from award-winning author, Eva Ibbotson, with a new introduction by Joanna Nadin. Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good. Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiancé have begun to track her down . . . 'I have binged on Eva Ibbotson . . . her elegantly written, witty and well-observed fables' Nigella Lawson, The Times Rediscover Eva Ibbotson, award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea, in her sweeping historical romances, including The Morning Gift, A Song For Summer and The Secret Countess, originally published as A Countess Below Stairs, Magic Flutes, originally published as The Reluctant Heiress, Madensky Square and A Company of Swans.
Download or read book The Bess Streeter Aldrich Reader written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
