I have dearly enjoyed listing to this and it has neen such a comfort. My grandmother was a homesteader and she was the smartest hard working honestly greatest woman I have been blessed to have taught me how to live. So many of the letters read in this series is just like sitting down to listen to my Grandmother or Great Grandmother"s. I am 55 but this brings the best of my life back to life. Not many women like myself or grandma are around to teach a new generation of women you can go it on your own. And as my Grandmother always said a woman needs only a few things in life to survive. 1.- A well stocked tool box. 2.- A bank account to save money in. 3.- Keep your wits about you. Never panic.

I loved listening to it! Having lived out west for several years, i had no problem with the mental images!

Interesting read. I enjoyed hearing true stories from times gone. by. I would recommend if you enjoy history.

This book is just like receiving letters from a friend, c. 1910. Entertaining and inspiring with a nice sprinkling of surprises and humor as well as events that will touch your heart. An absolute delight!

Such a joy to listen to and I was totally transported to a Homesteader's way of life. My only regret is that it had to come to an end.

I’ve always been fascinated with this era of our history. What a positive attitude she had about life. Made me analyze my own life. I so enjoyed her adventures.

Very interesting story but also a successful homesteader. Would like to read a book that tells more of the struggles homesteaders faced

I enjoyed the book. It gave me insight into a world that is gone. It makes me think of how I would have handled life back then.

A terrific book. The narrator was so very talented that you would swear she was just talking to you about her own personal experiences. And the otiginal letter writer was so expressive and full of detail in her writing that this book was almost like a novel set in the days of homesteading. I was captivated. Linda

Very interesting book, not my normal type of book but I really enjoyed it

Brilliant glimpse into life of a pioneer woman!

Beautifully written, discriptions were so vivid it was easy to visualize. Her strength and her accomplishments, though she was modest, were inspiring.

Yes had to be true letters as every word was being ‘lived’ as it was so ‘elegantly’ read. not rushed but with a real soft beat as warm as a needed hug. Speakers tone of voice lingers with me from within and I’ll miss this feeling until I can read it all again.

Loved listening to this book! Her letters are a gift from the past. I miss her already! This is one you can read over and over. So funny, loving, tender, and great perspectives!

I loved this book. I recommend this book. Some of the language used was what they used back then, but grated my feelings when I heard those words used. I was born and raised in Utah, back in the 50’s. My father was a part-time prospector. We would live far up in the mountains, away from civilization, during hunting seasons and most of the summers. We had horses, carried water, cut wood for the fire place and the stove, used an out house, etc. it was nice listening to this audio book. Thank you for it

Excellent reading and engrossing.

This is an interesting picture of life over 100 years ago.

An inspiring story to listen to. It has made me able to imagine what it is like living 'Out West', in a way that watching a Western on TV does not. Its wonderful to hear a female voice from that time

great listen

I really enjoyed listening to this book. A glimpse into a different world and time, it was interesting, beautifully read, and a fascinating account of the challenges of pioneer life in America.

Very enjoyable! Narrator was great. Read at a reasonable pace and very easy to understand which added to the enjoyment. Would love to see more books like this.

Really liked it. Sounded like I spent all the time listening to an old aunt telling me about here simple but funny life at her ranch

Looooved this. This author is hilarious!!!! No boring parts and it was fascinating how bold this woman was.

Great detail . Didn’t want it to end.

Loved listening to this.

I thought this was a terrific story and the reader was extraordinary. She made the story come alive.

Loved this book. Looked forward to every chapter.

I really loved this lady's letters. She painted a perfect picture of homesteading.

Story was hard to follow, names and places not defined sufficiently. Story rambled on, back and forward and didn’t seem to match. Was wonderful how people then were so giving and didn’t have high need. They really didn’t know ant other life.

Great narrator and interesting read.

A true wonder . This person was adapted well to her times. I dare say too much so. As she knows of no fault or addresses none of the histical labour cruel practices or gender issues. I would have liked to have known if and what she might have held as an issue. But Elinor's says more about the weather.

best book evet

A most fascinating read. It was a joy to listen to the trials and tribulations as well as the happy times. What a hard life it was for them, as homesteadeers and a signal lesson in perseverance to us all !

Very interesting. Gives good look into homesteading in there country!

Very enjoyable

Not that illuminating but not the worst I’ve tead.

I love the stories.

An excellent history through letters of the early 1900’s American west. Be prepared for a couple of unacceptable phrases. So interesting.Most thought provoking.

what an amazing woman! worth the listen. All one way letters to a friend back home, but Elinore describes incidents, trials, humanity & humor like you're there, figuring this whole homesteading business out with her, one day at a time.

It was a good listen. Very descriptive

This was a truly astonishing and fascinating book! The reader was excellent which contributed to my understanding of some of the unusual incidents mentioned. It is amazing to me that there were so, so many women during that time period who lived almost alone and who were able to do extraordinarily difficult work without anyone putting them down or telling them they couldn't do it! This woman was absolutely amazing - the book was fabulous. It's just sad that women like this are not already well-known in American history!

I enjoyed this book

I loved this book. Very interesting!

So sad when the letters ended. The narrator fit the mood, thoroughly enjoyed it.

Excellent!

A delightful and enchanting insight into this amazing woman homesteader's life at the turn of last century. Eleanor Stewart's letters are so beautifully written - and by a person who had no education. The listener will be enraptured from start to finish.

I loved it. I would read it again. It was written in letter form which made it warm and personable. I was engaged from beginning to end

Had a difficult time understanding the narrator. She does not enunciate properly. The book is good, but couldn’t continue listening. I regret purchasing the book. Because of the poor diction of the very young reader. I got tired of straining to understand what she was saying..a waste of money!