Conrad Richter's America

Understanding O Pioneers! and My Antonia: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents
By Sheryl L. Meyering
It was in the spring of 1872 that Erick Erickson , Dahle and G.O. Lee and other Norwegians homesteaded at the head of Farmers Creek , while [later several other Norwegians arrived , including two brothers , named Hans and Otto Skjelver ) ...
The Story Behind Willa Cather's My Antonia
By Elizabeth Raum
The impact of the weather Before coming to Nebraska , many homesteaders had read the 591 - page book by Frederick Goddard titled , Where to Emigrate and Why ... in which Goddard promised " mildly alternating seasons .
Wilderness Visions: Science Fiction Westerns, Volume One
By David Mogen
The imperialist overtones of this final calculation suggest some of the ironic implications the planetary - colonization theme might have in other contexts , and one has only to turn to a book such as Ray Bradbury's The Martian ...