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Life on Muskrat Creek: A Homestead Family in Wyoming
Written by Ethel Waxham Love, a Wellesley College graduate who went to Wyoming in 1905 as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse, and her son, J. David Love, who later became an eminent geologist, Life on Muskrat Creek tells the fascinating story of a family’s day-to-day life on an isolated ranch in early twentieth-century Wyoming. Readers will be held in suspense as they learn about the family’s battle with a variety of challenges, including a near-fatal bout with Spanish influenza, life-threatening encounters with livestock and wildlife, and disastrous episodes of fires, flooding, blizzards, and drought. The book’s depiction of more ordinary events is equally engaging; Ethel describes becoming a wife and raising children without the support of neighbors, women friends, or a wider family network, and David recounts growing up in a wild and remote place where there was no local school to attend. Readers from all walks of life will find Life on Muskrat Creek to be a lively and provocative book.
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Life on Muskrat Creek: A Homestead Family in Wyoming
Written by Ethel Waxham Love, a Wellesley College graduate who went to Wyoming in 1905 as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse, and her son, J. David Love, who later became an eminent geologist, Life on Muskrat Creek tells the fascinating story of a family’s day-to-day life on an isolated ranch in early twentieth-century Wyoming. Readers will be held in suspense as they learn about the family’s battle with a variety of challenges, including a near-fatal bout with Spanish influenza, life-threatening encounters with livestock and wildlife, and disastrous episodes of fires, flooding, blizzards, and drought. The book’s depiction of more ordinary events is equally engaging; Ethel describes becoming a wife and raising children without the support of neighbors, women friends, or a wider family network, and David recounts growing up in a wild and remote place where there was no local school to attend. Readers from all walks of life will find Life on Muskrat Creek to be a lively and provocative book.
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Life on Muskrat Creek: A Homestead Family in Wyoming

Life on Muskrat Creek: A Homestead Family in Wyoming

Life on Muskrat Creek: A Homestead Family in Wyoming

Life on Muskrat Creek: A Homestead Family in Wyoming

Overview

Written by Ethel Waxham Love, a Wellesley College graduate who went to Wyoming in 1905 as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse, and her son, J. David Love, who later became an eminent geologist, Life on Muskrat Creek tells the fascinating story of a family’s day-to-day life on an isolated ranch in early twentieth-century Wyoming. Readers will be held in suspense as they learn about the family’s battle with a variety of challenges, including a near-fatal bout with Spanish influenza, life-threatening encounters with livestock and wildlife, and disastrous episodes of fires, flooding, blizzards, and drought. The book’s depiction of more ordinary events is equally engaging; Ethel describes becoming a wife and raising children without the support of neighbors, women friends, or a wider family network, and David recounts growing up in a wild and remote place where there was no local school to attend. Readers from all walks of life will find Life on Muskrat Creek to be a lively and provocative book.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781611462647
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Publication date: 04/01/2018
Pages: 246
Sales rank: 146,093
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Frances Love Froidevaux (1942–2011) taught French and ESL and founded the Bartlesville, OK, school system’s first foreign language program.

Barbara Love has worked as an archaeologist, ESL and English professor, and freelance editor.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments
Maps
Preface
Family Background
Chapter 1: 1910: "Rome Was Not Built in a Day"
Chapter 2: 1911: "The Customs of the Country"
Chapter 3: 1912: "Roll, Jordan, Roll"
Chapter 4:1912-13: "Love's Labor Lost and the 3 D's"
Chapter 5: 1913-15: "Raw Material"
Chapter 6: 1916-17: Growing Challenges
Chapter 7: 1918: The Beginning of the Mirage
Chapter 8: 1919: "The Equalizer"
Chapter 9: 1920: "We Will Rebuild, Again"
Chapter 10: 1921: "Never a Light But One's Own"
Chapter 11: 1922: "Earned Not Given"
Chapter 12: 1923: Daily Life on Muskrat Creek
Chapter 13: 1924: "Problems of Education"
Chapter 14: 1925: Changing Horizons
Epilogue
Bibliography
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