Further Reading
Further Reading
Edwards, Richard, Jacob Friefeld, and Rebecca Wingo. Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
Gates, Paul Wallace. History of Public Land Law Development. Washington, DC: GPO, 1968.
Gregg, Sara M. “Imagining Opportunity: The 1909 Enlarged Homestead Act and the Promise of the Public Domain.” Western Historical Quarterly 50 (Autumn 2019): 257–279.
Raban, Jonathan. Bad Land: An American Romance. New York: Vintage Books, 1996.
American Land Rush:
“A Lonely Homesteader” Searches for Security in the Montana Homestead Boom
Swept up in the optimism of the 1910s, Lily Stearns settled with her four children on a promising homestead in northeastern Montana, where she found her fate conscribed by extreme weather and the limits of her endurance. This richly illustrated virtual exhibition tells the story of one participant in the largest homestead boom in US history, revealing the erratic fortunes of farm life reflected in the abundant economic, political, and personal uncertainties of the era.
Sara M. GreggAbout the author
