{"product_id":"a-homesteaders-portfolio-paperback-2","title":"A Homesteader's Portfolio - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Day Pratt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMolly Gloss\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"So much is so skillfully crammed into this little book that the reader comes to admire Pratt's zest while wondering how she could possibly have endured. . . . A splendid introduction by Molly Gloss, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jump-Off Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, enhances the book with a biography of the author and a study of her writings.\" --\u003ci\u003eOregon Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1911 Alice Day Pratt, single and nearing forty, boarded a train and left the east coast to file claim on 160 acres of land in the Central Oregon high desert. She was one among tens of thousands of people who took up homesteads in the arid West in the early twentieth century. Perhaps as many as 20 percent of these settlers were single women. Yet homesteading women are largely missing from the literature and histories of the West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The commonly held image of frontier women as powerless and dependent helpmates stems in part from the scarcity of written accounts by homesteading women. Alice Day Pratt's powerful memoir presents a rare, fascinating account of the life of a woman homesteader and chronicles her single-handed efforts to overcome the obstacles that faced all homesteaders--men and women--in the dryland West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pratt's independent and adventurous spirit allowed her to hang on to her \"homesteading dream\" for more than a decade after most other homesteaders had packed their belongings and left the desert. By exploring the life she lived and the choices she made, Pratt offers an important glimpse into the social and cultural history of the American West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Day Pratt\u003c\/b\u003e (1872-1963) was a teacher and author who at age forty joined the last wave of government-sponsored homesteading, establishing a dryland farm in Oregon's high desert country. She was the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eAnimals of a Sagebrush Ranch\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolly Gloss\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Jump-Off Creek\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hearts of Horses\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47193949798649,"sku":"9781962645386","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QkEFmkY0w-9781962645386_334f3a98-fdef-447d-8e2a-cb334a829182.webp?v=1767913413","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-homesteaders-portfolio-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}