Butter in the Well: A Scandinavian Woman's Tale of Life on the Prairie (Butter in the Well Series)

Linda K. Hubalek

ISBN 10: 1886652007 / ISBN 13: 9781886652002

Published by Butterfield Books Inc, U.S.A., 1994

About this Item

The author signed on the half title page. This is a nice clean copy with some wear to the covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 034621

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Butter in the Well: A Scandinavian Woman's Tale of Life on the Prairie (Butter in the Well Series)
• Publisher: Butterfield Books Inc, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886652007
• ISBN 13: 9781886652002
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana

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Synopsis

Read the account of Kajsa Svensson Runeberg, an emigrant wife who recounts, through her diary, how she and her family built up a farm on the unsettled Kansas prairie. This historical fiction is based on the Swedish woman who homesteaded the author's childhood home. "...could well be the most endearing 'first settler' account ever told. Once a reader starts the book, they are compelled to keep reading to see what will happen next on the isolated prairie homestead. Not to be missed!- Capper's Family Bookstore

About the Author

In sixth grade we had to write a paper on what we wanted to do when we grew up. My mom had kept it and I found this paper while cleaning through my closet during my college days. According to my dreams back then, I wanted to be a farmer, but my last line was -but alas, girls can't be farmers. Well, I got my Bachelors Degree in Agriculture/Horticulture from Kansas State University, did agronomy research for years before starting a wholesale horticulture business. My company, Prairie Flower Creations, grew and dried flowers, ornamental corn, and mini pumpkins for the florist trade. In 1990 I was featured in Country Woman Magazine, but at the same time, my husband's job was transferred to California. I sold my business and tried to cope, growing flowers and pumpkins in five-gallon buckets on our cement lawn. I started writing about the family and farmland I was homesick for and started a new career, writing about women ancestors who had moved to the new state of Kansas and farmed its land. We eventually moved back to Kansas, bought land next to my family, raised buffalo, and I have a garden again. So not only have I fulfilled my dream to be a farmer, I've written about past and present women that have also tilled the prairie land of Kansas. Please read and enjoy my book series which are about the family that homestead our family farm, and my ancestors that homesteaded in Kansas in the 1800s. Considered historical fiction, these quality paperback books are age appropriate for everyone from age 9 to 99. Book, quilt, and Scandinavian gift shops sell them (or ask your local store to stock them for you) and schools use them in class studies to portray early pioneer and Kansas history. My writing time most days is spent on the computer with marketing my businesses, and working on the next book series.