Song of Years - Softcover

Aldrich, Bess Streeter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803259182 ISBN 13: 9780803259188

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1991

Synopsis

The state of Iowa was still young and wild when Wayne Lockwood came to it from New England in 1851. He claimed a quarter-section about a hundred miles west of Dubuque and quickly came to appreciate widely scattered neighbors like Jeremiah Martin, whose seven daughters would have chased the gloom from any bachelor's heart. Sabina, Emily, Celia, Melinda, Phoebe Lou, Jeanie, and Suzanne are timeless in their appeal—too spirited to be preoccupied with sermons, sickness, and sudden death. However, the feasts, weddings, and holiday celebrations in Song of Years are shadowed by all the rigors and perils of frontier living. Bess Streeter Aldrich's novel, originally published in 1939, captures the period in Iowa of Indian scares and county-seat wars, as well as the political climate preceding the Civil War.

About this title

About the Author:

Other novels by Bess Streeter Aldrich available in Bison Book editions include Spring Came On Forever, A White Bird Flying; and The Rim of the Prairie.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0803259182
• ISBN 13: 9780803259188
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 405