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Life on Muskrat Creek

A Homestead Family in Wyoming
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Written by Ethel Waxham Love, a Wellesley College graduate who went to Wyoming in 1905 as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse, and her son, J. David Love, who later became an eminent geologist, Life on Muskrat Creek tells the fascinating story of a family's day-to-day life on an isolated ranch in early twentieth-century Wyoming. Readers will be held in suspense as they learn about the family's battle with a variety of challenges, including a near-fatal bout with Spanish influenza, life-threatening encounters with livestock and wildlife, and disastrous episodes of fires, flooding, blizzards, and drought. The book's depiction of more ordinary events is equally engaging; Ethel describes becoming a wife and raising children without the support of neighbors, women friends, or a wider family network, and David recounts growing up in a wild and remote place where there was no local school to attend. Readers from all walks of life will find Life on Muskrat Creek to be a lively and provocative book.
Acknowledgments Maps Preface Family Background Chapter 1: 1910: "Rome Was Not Built in a Day" Chapter 2: 1911: "The Customs of the Country" Chapter 3: 1912: "Roll, Jordan, Roll" Chapter 4:1912-13: "Love's Labor Lost and the 3 D's" Chapter 5: 1913-15: "Raw Material" Chapter 6: 1916-17: Growing Challenges Chapter 7: 1918: The Beginning of the Mirage Chapter 8: 1919: "The Equalizer" Chapter 9: 1920: "We Will Rebuild, Again" Chapter 10: 1921: "Never a Light But One's Own" Chapter 11: 1922: "Earned Not Given" Chapter 12: 1923: Daily Life on Muskrat Creek Chapter 13: 1924: "Problems of Education" Chapter 14: 1925: Changing Horizons Epilogue Bibliography
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