My Folks Claimed the Plains: A Treasury of Homestead Stories Handed Down in Families of Capper's Readers

A collection of pioneer stories coming from the experiences of the brave men and women who faced danger and hardship to settle the Great Plains. These true tales depict the adventures of conquering the soil and surviving on the untamed prairie, living with neighbors good and bad and building communities, and harrowing tales of bears with babies, rifles at the ready, quick surgeries and more!