The Woman from Short Grass Country

Step back in time a century. Mary Agnew tells of her homestead life in Wallace County, Kansas, with clarity and wit. Born in 1894 in Alabama, child of a Civil War soldier, she built a sod house, learned in a one-room schoolhouse, and enjoyed community gatherings, and country dances. She gardened for food, cooked on a stove using cow chips for fuel, nursed her neighbors through the flu pandemic of 1918, chuckled at antics in a Model T, and hid home-brew from revenuers during Prohibition. Life was hard -- and filled with joy and dignity.

Based on Mary's journals, this biography includes 132 historic photographs and 53 family recipes. The Woman From Short Grass Country has received The Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) Merit Award in History, a Merit Award in Printing and 2nd place award in Book Design.