{"product_id":"9781611462647","title":"Life on Muskrat Creek: A Homestead Family in Wyoming","description":"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.","brand":"Lehigh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050643472624,"sku":"9781611462647","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781611462647_p0.jpg?v=1769903359","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781611462647","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}