Pioneer Girl
A True Story of Growing Up on the Prairie
Bison Books · Print & ebook · September 1, 2009
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- Who it’s for
- A childhood on Nebraska’s open prairie becomes a window onto the hardships and joys of homesteading.
- Themes
- Prairie homesteading, Childhood on the frontier, Hardships and joys of pioneer life
- Genres
- Women's Lives, Midwest History
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Pioneer Girl is the true story of Grace McCance Snyder. In 1885, when Grace was three, she and her family became homesteaders on the windswept prairie of central Nebraska. They settled into a small sod house and hauled their water in barrels. Together they endured violent storms, drought, blizzards, and prairie fires. Despite the hardships and dangers, Grace loved her life on the prairie.
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Weaving Grace’s story into the history of America’s heartland, award-winning author Andrea Warren writes not just of one spirited girl but of all the children who homesteaded with their families in the late 1800s, sharing the heartbreaks and joys of pioneer life.
Prairie Childhood
A childhood on Nebraska’s open prairie becomes a window onto the hardships and joys of homesteading.
Come here for
- A true story rooted in one girl’s life and the history of America’s heartland
- The daily realities of sod-house living, from hauled water to prairie fires
Expect
- A child’s perspective on hardship, danger, and the life she loved
- One family’s story alongside those of other homesteading children
Where it sits
| Midwest History | 93% |
|---|---|
| Women's Lives | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women's Lives
- Midwest History
- Authors
- Andrea Warren
- Publisher
- Bison Books
- Published
- September 1, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Prairie homesteading · Childhood on the frontier · Hardships and joys of pioneer life
- Reading lane
- Women's Lives