A Lantern in Her Hand
For close to seventy years, readers have cherished A Lantern in Her Hand. It is an inspiring story of struggle against unexpected perils, of love and laughter, of the land Abbie Mackenzie helped conquer and the family she raised to pursue the ambitions that were once her own.
Abbie Mackenzie dreamed of becoming a fine lady like her aristocratic grandmother, devoting herself to music and art. But at eighteen Abbie found a different dream, turning away from the promise of a comfortable life as a doctor’s wife to marry handsome, quiet Will Deal.
Together, they eagerly accepted the challenge of homesteading in Nebraska territory, where the prairies stretched as far as the eye could see, and only the strongest survived for long.
- About the author: Bess Streeter Aldrich was one of Nebraska’s finest writers. In her short stories and novels, she chronicled the ups and downs of small town living in hopes that her readers would understand the hardships and struggles of the times, but also see the virtues and hopes that became a part of these prairie times in the Midwest.
