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Trials Of The Earth - The True Story of a Pioneer Woman (Paperback)
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Trials Of The Earth - The True Story of a Pioneer Woman (Paperback)
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List price R582
Loot Price R507
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You Save R75 (13%)
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Near the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) was
encouraged to record her experiences as a female pioneer. The
result is the only known firsthand account of a remarkable woman
thrust into the center of taming the American South-surviving
floods, tornadoes, and fires; facing bears, panthers, and snakes;
managing a boardinghouse in Arkansas that was home to an eccentric
group of settlers; and running a logging camp in Mississippi that
blazed a trail for development in the Mississippi Delta. All this
she tackled-and diligently wrote about in secrecy, in a diary that
not even her family knew she kept-while caring for her children,
several of whom didn't survive the perils of pioneer life. The
extreme hard work and tragedy Hamilton faced are eclipsed only by
her emotional and physical strength; her unwavering faith in her
husband, Frank, a mysterious Englishman; and her tenacious sense of
adventure. An early draft of Trials of the Earth was submitted to a
writers' competition sponsored by Little, Brown in 1933. It didn't
win, and we almost lost the chance to bring this raw, vivid
narrative to readers. Eighty-three years later, in partnership with
Mary Mann Hamilton's descendants, we're proud to share an
irreplaceable piece of American history. Conveyed in frank and
expressive prose by a natural-born writer, and withheld for almost
a lifetime, Trials of the Earth will resonate with readers of
history and fiction alike-an emotional testament to our ability to
endure, as well as the story of extraordinary love and the allure
of pioneer life.
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