Thimble of Soil: A woman's Quest for Land

by Linda K Hubalek

Overview

Follow the widowed Margaret Ralston Kennedy in this second book of the Trail of Thread series, as she travels with eight of her thirteen children from Ohio to the Territory of Kansas in 1855. Told through her letters, Thimble of Soil describes the prevalent hardships and infrequent joys experienced by the hardy pioneer women of Kansas, who struggled to protect their families from terrorists raids while building new homes and new lives on the vast unbroken prairie. Watch for the quilt patterns mentioned in the letters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781886652071
Publisher:	Butterfield Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/01/1996
Series:	Trail of Thread Series
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 8.92(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	9 Years