The author of Firewood, which won the Avery Hopwood Prize at the
University of Michigan last year, proves here that she is more than
a flash in the pan. This second novel is not so compact a tale; it
is a chronicle story of a family, with three world's fairs the
connecting link, - the glamor of an undreamed world which becomes a
symbol of the aims which govern Julia's life. Nebraska and small
town life brings outward conformity, but ever there is a tiny seed
of unrest. A book for women, primarily. (Kirkus Reviews)
Stuck in the middle of Nebraska in the late nineteenth century,
Julia Hauser felt restless. "The four walls of her parlor bound her
world too securely," writes Mildred Walker. But what could she do?
She was married to a dull small-town merchant and soon confined by
children. She lacked money and social position. "Light from
Arcturus" shows how Julia stepped beyond sacrifice and duty,
impressed herself on a larger scene, fed her spirit, and grew in
dignity. Grounded in memorable events, this novel illustrates the
significance of the period's great world's fairs to the early
settlers. The milestones in Julia's progress are trips to the
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876 and to the Chicago
World's Fair in 1893 and in 1933. Readers of the early prairie
novels of Willa Cather will recognize Julia Hauser. Recent Bison
Book reprints of "Winter Wheat," "Fireweed," and "The Curlew's Cry"
have renewed interest in the novels of Mildred Walker. "Light from
Arcturus," originally published in 1935, is introduced to a new
generation of readers by Mary Swander, author of "Driving the Body
Back" and "Heaven and Earth House."
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