A Tenderfoot Bride: Tales From An Old Ranch (1920)

""A Tenderfoot Bride: Tales From An Old Ranch"" is a collection of autobiographical stories written by Clarice E. Richards and published in 1920. The book recounts the author's experiences as a young bride living on a ranch in the American West during the early 20th century. Richards, who was a city girl when she married her husband, had to adjust to the harsh realities of life on the ranch, including the challenges of living in a remote location, dealing with unpredictable weather, and taking care of livestock. Through her stories, Richards provides a vivid and detailed account of daily life on the ranch, including the joys and hardships of raising a family in such a rugged environment. The book is a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era and a testament to the resilience and determination of the people who made their homes on the American frontier.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Clarice E. Richards of Dayton, Ohio, was a tenderfoot when in 1900 she moved to a ranch in Elbert County, Colorado, east of Pikes Peak. She was the bride of Jarvis Richards, a former Congregational minister from Vermont. It was an unlikely place for these two cultured easterners to land, but Clarice, possessing curiosity and a lively sense of humor, became thoroughly westernized as she witnessed 'the ebb of the tide of the wild, lawless days, ' succeeded by the more pastoral eras of the sheepman and farmer.