The “Butter in the Well” Series by Linda K. Hubalek

This series follows the life of Kajsa Svennson Runeberg, an emigrant from Sweden, and her family as they make a life for themselves on the Kansas prairie. What is so intriguing about this series are the details of everyday happenings in the characters' lives. Their joys and heartaches, (and there were plenty of both), are described in such a way that the reader is drawn into their struggles for survival on a land that was both beautiful and brutal at the same time.

Butter in the Well       Paperback   $9.95

The grit and spirit of Swedish immigrant Kajsa Svensson Runeberg unfolds as she homesteads on the untamed prairie in 1868.

Prarieblomman       Paperback   $9.95

Life on the prairie in the late 1800's as seen through the eyes of Alma, Kajsa's daughter, as she blossoms into a young woman.

Egg Gravy       Paperback   $9.95

Everyone who's ever treasured a family recipe or marveled at the special touches Mother added to her cooking, will enjoy this collection of recipes and wisdom from the homestead family.

Looking Back       Paperback   $9.95

As Kajsa prepares to move off the land she homesteaded, she reminisces about leaving Sweden, starting a new life on the prairie and how it affected her 51 years on the farm.
 
 

The Western Women's Reader
edited by Lillian Schlissel and Catherine Lavender       Paperback   $18.00

This compelling anthology offers a broad range of writing, photography, and art from women of the American West. Selections of fiction, memoir, history, testimony, and poetry bring alive the rich and diverse traditions of life in the West, as seen through the eyes of the women who share a passion for this rugged region. Explore 300 years of the American West with the women who shaped its history, with writings from the Great Plains, Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, the Rocky Mountains, the American Southwest and the Far West.