Another book from the late 1800's! This time set in Nebraska with the Swedish pioneers and some Bohemians. The story is about Alexandra who runs the farm after her father's death with the help of her two brothers. It is through her foresight that the farm is quite successful. Her brothers are able to marry and have their own farms. Alexandra, however, seems destined for spinsterhood. The attitudes in the book toward women shouldn't amaze me, but they still did. That her brothers couldn't see how she could ever marry because the farm (that she basically earned and enlarged) should come to them rather than she share it with anyone else. Aughhh!
This book also has love, tragedy, and is really good.
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