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"His memories flow as naturally as his writing. . . . The reader is transported back to the day when a six-year-old stepped from the train into a new life."-Smithsonian
As a grown man, Percy Wollaston almost never spoke of the homestead where he grew up-until, in 1972, nearing the…
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1 author picked Homesteading as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book convinced me I would never have survived as a homesteader! Though not a professional writer, Wollaston does an incredible job of drawing in the reader and sharing heartwarming and heartwrenching details about the homesteader’s life.
From Kirby's list on Montana during WWI.
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