Cultivating Hope (Book #2 in the Planting Dreams Series) by Linda K. Hubalek
Can you imagine being isolated in the middle of treeless grassland with only a dirt roof over your head? Having to feed your children with whatever wild plants or animals you could find living on the prairie?Sweating to plow the sod, plant the seed, cultivate the crop- only to lose it all by a hailstorm right before you harvest it? This second book in the Planting Dreams series portrays Swedish immigrant Charlotta Johnson as she and her husband build a farmstead on the Kansas prairie.This family faced countless challenges as they homestead on America s Great Plains during the 1800s. Years of hard work develop the land and improve the quality of life for her family- but not with a price. This description may be from another edition of this product.
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Cultivating Hope: Homesteading on the Great Plains by Linda K. Hubalek
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1886652120
ISBN13:9781886652125
Release Date:May 1998
Publisher:Butterfield Books
Length:134 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Age Range:10 to 18 years
Grade Range:Grade 5 to Postsecondary