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Nov, 2015 first published in 1928, a lantern in her hand has outlasted literary fashions to touch generations of readers. A singer and her husband leave their home in their frontier town for pioneer life in the west but realizes that life. Born in cedar falls, iowa, she attended iowa state normal school and then taught for four years. A lantern in her hand by bess streeter aldrich and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Aldrich s book are still in print and the aldrich house has many vintage copies for sale, too. Carol miles petersen formerly taught at the university of nebraska. Bess streeter aldrich books, author biography, and reading. Download bess streeter aldrichs a lantern in her hand for your kindle, tablet. A lantern in her hand book by bess streeter aldrich. Max, the hero of my book, discharges his anger against his mother, and returns to the real world sleepy, hungry, and at peace with himself.
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After marrying charles aldrich, they settled in elmwood, nebraska which became the setting for many of her stories. A lantern in her hand by bess streeter aldrich bess streeter aldrich on. A 1928 hardcover copy of a lantern in her hand with a signed letter by the author. History and politicsalso at roy glashans library in other formats. Her writing career spanned fortysome years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. There was a lot of narrative without much dialogue. When a lantern in her hand came out in 1928, critics took little notice, but people everywhere soon discovered it. Bess streeter aldrich author of a lantern in her hand.
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