BOOKS by Bess Streeter Aldrich

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1	Lantern in Her Hand more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist The life of Abbie Mackenzie and her husband, Will, as they try to establish a homestead on the America prairie in the 1800s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.26! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A White Bird Flying more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist Abbie Deal, the matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family, has died at the beginning of A White Bird Flying, leaving her china and heavy furniture to others and to her granddaughter Laura the secret of her dream of finer things. Grandma Deal's literary aspirations had been thwarted by the hard circumstances of her life, but Laura vows that nothing, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.31! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Spring Came on Forever more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $16.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Rim of the Prairie more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist "A western story set in a small town in Nebraska on 'the rim of the prairie.' The characters include a tantalizing heroine made more attractive by a hint of mystery, a steadfast hero, and two delightful pioneers."-Cleveland Open Shelf "Very well written. Mrs. Aldrich realizes real, living figures."-Literary Review "Exciting and realistic. A ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $19.33! \| SVS
5	Miss Bishop more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist A novel about a beloved teacher whose strength enables her to cope with the losses in her life. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
6	Journey Into Christmas and Other Stories more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist 'The bulk of the book is Christmas to the core. [It is] the ideal gift book' - V. P. Hass, "Chicago Sunday Tribune". 'For family reading aloud' - "Wisconsin Library Bulletin". 'For those who cherish the folksy, lamplit, teakettle-warmth of Bess Streeter Aldrich's stories, this year's gift problem is solved' - "New York Herald Tribune Book Review". ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Lieutenants Lady more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist "A novel of...wholly fresh and convincing quality...Mrs. Aldrich, who is a good story-teller herself, has had the discretion to leave her source material substantially unaltered. In all its simple and artless detail..."The Lieutenant's Lady" bears the unmistakable stamp of truth." - "New York Times." When Linnie Colsworth came from the East to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $75.36! \| first editions
8	The cutters more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist ""The Cutters" is well conceived and written. It is pitched in a light, pleasant key and ...comes as a welcome relief from adventure yarns and tales of mooncalf love." - "Literary Review". All unhappy families are alike, to invert Tolstoy, but each happy family is happy in its own way. Although they live in a rambling white house in a midwestern ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	Song of years more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist 'Without literary capers, the story walks its straight road to laughter and tears and family affections and comradeship and griefs...There is nothing phony about this sentiment. It comes from the heart' - Wallace Stegner, "Saturday Review of Literature". The state of Iowa was still young and wild when Wayne Lockwood came to it from New England in ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Mother Mason more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist 'A novel of home happiness, which, although it does not sentimentalize, will make many a family smile over its own humor and vicissitudes' - "Literary Review". 'A story of family life without the cloying sentimentality that usually characterizes this type of fiction' - "Saturday Review of Literature". Bess Streeter Aldrich is known for her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Collected Short Works, 1920-1954 more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich, Carol Miles Petersen (Editor) add to wishlist During the first half of the twentieth century, Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of the most highly paid and widely read American authors of her time. Among the most noteworthy of frontier writers, Aldrich published her short work in such leading magazines as "Cosmopolitan", "Colliers", "The Ladies Home Journal", "Good Housekeeping", and "The ... see all copies from $12.45! new only from $26.72! \| SVS
12	The Drum Goes Dead by Bess S. Aldrich add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! new only from $49.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Collected Short Works, 1907-1919 more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich, Carol Miles Petersen (Editor) add to wishlist In the first half of the twentieth century Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of America's best loved, most widely read, and highly paid writers. Her short works appeared in such major journals as "Ladies Home Journal", "Harper's Weekly", "The American Magazine", "Colliers", "McCalls", and "The Saturday Evening Post". Her most famous novel, "A ... see all copies from $14.23! new only from $14.23! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Home-Coming by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist see all copies from $7.99! new only from $86.85! \| first editions
15	The man who caught the weather, and other stories more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist see all copies from $10.57!
16	The Bess Streeter Aldrich reader by Bess Streeter Aldrich add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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