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Biography & Autobiography Women

Letters from a Lady Rancher

by (author) Monica Hopkins

Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Initial publish date
Jun 2012
Category
Women, Women's Studies, General, Post-Confederation (1867-)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780887809675
    Publish Date
    Jun 2012
    List Price
    $16.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887806438
    Publish Date
    Jun 2005
    List Price
    $19.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887801150
    Publish Date
    Jan 1983
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

A spirit of adventure, a great sense of fun, an observant eye, and enthusiasm for everything new--that's the kind of woman Monica Hopkins was, and that's what led her to leave the comforts of her English family home in 1909 to homestead on the prairies.

Hopkins was a young bride who had finally married her childhood sweetheart, an Irish lad who'd wandered the world, then settled down to the life of a rancher in the foothills of Alberta. Through her eyes we get a unique view of the early days of Western Canada, that of an observant woman who took note of every detail of landscape and personality. Her letters sparkle with delights, enthusiasms, occasional troubles and tragedies.

In Letters from a Lady Rancher, Monica Hopkins brings to life the experiences of the women--and men--who settled the Canadian West.

This edition replaces the Goodread title, ISBN 0-88780-115-3.

About the author

AMY MONICA HOPKINS was born in Dorset, England in 1884. After marrying her childhood sweetheart, she immigrated to Canada in 1909, settling in Alberta where she remained until her death in 1974.

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