Spring Came On Forever.

Bess Streeter Aldrich .

ISBN 10: 0803259077 / ISBN 13: 9780803259072

Published by University of Nebraska Press: Bison Books, Lincoln, NE, 1985

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Very Good+ in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use but the upper corner of the front free endpaper has been clipped: just a hint of wear to the outside edges; the faintest soil spots at the top edge of the text pages; a single, faint crease top to bottom of the backstrip; else only mild overall rubbing to the wrapper covers; the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and minor cosmetic imperfections. A clean, attractive reading copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.95 x 5.35 x 0.8 inches). 333 pages. Language: English. Weight: 13.6 ounces. First Edition Thus [1985]; Second Printing Thus. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus [1985]; Second Printing Thus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spring Came On Forever.
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press: Bison Books, Lincoln, NE
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803259077
• ISBN 13: 9780803259072
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

Acclaimed for her 1928 novel A Lantern in Her Hand, Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of the most widely read interpreters of the prairie pioneer experience. In 1935, she published her masterpiece, Spring Came on Forever, a novel of two Nebraska pioneer families from settlement to the 1930s. Elsewhere an artist of the romance, here Aldrich turns romance on its head.

 

The heroine is Amalia Holmsdorfer, one of a band of German immigrants who settle on the prairie. From her late teens to her mid-eighties she confronts and defeats the forces of nature and society that discourage or ruin others. Her life might be a modest triumph but for one detail: she married the wrong man.

 

Quickly paced and precisely drawn, this novel is Aldrich's greatest tribute to the complexity, humor, endurance, and intelligence of the people who settled the prairie. Whatever its sentiments, it has as many cutting edges as a buzz saw.

From the Back Cover

Acclaimed for her 1928 novel 'A Lantern in Her Hand, ' Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of the most widely read interpreters of the prairie pioneer experience. In 1935, she published for masterpiece, 'Spring Came on Forever, ' a novel of two Nebraska pioneer families from settlement to the 1930s. Elsewhere an artist of the romance, here Aldrich turns romance on its head.