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When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law in 1862, people all over the world\u2014not just Americans\u2014jumped at the chance to become landowners in the vast Midwest of the United States. The purpose of the act was twofold: to encourage western expansion across the country, and to give people who might not otherwise have one a chance to better themselves as property owners. It was an incredible opportunity, especially for former slaves, women, and immigrants who wanted to build a new life for themselves in America.<\/p>\n

That 270 million acres were settled as a result of the Homestead Act\u2014a full 10% of the country\u2014belies the facts of how hard it was to homestead in the Great Plains. It was backbreaking work, and it was not for everyone. People in the eastern states often came to sudden and sharp realizations about the work involved and the challenges that might ultimately foil their attempts at success. Still, however, the dedicated pressed on, and eventually small farms dotted the horizon that previously had been unbroken, often by even a single tree.<\/p>\n

This book contains only two stories, and each of them is longer than many of the stories in the other novels that make up the broader collection of Adventures on the American Frontier books. However, these two stories follow characters through their experiences in more depth and with more detail than the others, almost like small novellas rather than short stories. Each story presents a picture of life on the prairie, one in Iowa and one in Kansas, that will stay with readers long after they turn the last page.<\/p>\n

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