Thimble of Soil: A woman's Quest for Land

Follow the widowed Margaret Ralston Kennedy in this second book of the Trail of Thread series, as she travels with eight of her thirteen children from Ohio to the Territory of Kansas in 1855. Told through her letters, Thimble of Soil describes the prevalent hardships and infrequent joys experienced by the hardy pioneer women of Kansas, who struggled to protect their families from terrorists raids while building new homes and new lives on the vast unbroken prairie. Watch for the quilt patterns mentioned in the letters.

Author: Linda K. Hubalek
Publisher: Butterfield Books
Published: 04/01/1996
Pages: 122
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.04w x 0.31d
ISBN13: 9781886652071
ISBN10: 1886652074
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | United States | 19th Century

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