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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100451161688
ISBN-139780451161680
eBay Product ID (ePID)1346672
Product Key Features
Book TitleLantern in Her Hand
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Literary, Historical
Publication Year1983
GenreFiction
AuthorBess S. Aldrich
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length5 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
SynopsisFirst published in 1928, "A Lantern in Her Hand" has outlasted literary fashions to touch generations of readers. In this classic story of a pioneer woman, Bess Streeter Aldrich modeled protagonist Abbie Deal on her own mother, who in 1854 had traveled by covered wagon to the Midwest. In "A Lantern in Her Hand," Abbie accompanies her family to the soon-to-be-state of Nebraska. There, in 1865, she marries and settles into her own sod house. The novel describes Abbie's years of child-raising, of making a frontier home able to withstand every adversity. A Disciplined writer knowledgeable about true stories of pioneer days in Nebraska, Bess Streeter Aldrich conveys the strength of everyday things, the surprise of familiar faces, and the look of the unspoiled landscape during different seasons. Refusing to be broken by hard experience, Abbie sets a joyful example for her family-and for her readers.