A Pioneer Love Story
the Letters of Minnie Hobart
by Priscilla H. Wilson
TeamTech Press, Shawnee Mission, KS., USA 2008
This book is the story of my grandmother Minnie Hobart’s participation in building community in new territory - Texas. My grandfather, Timothy Dwight Hobart, was also a remarkable man about who much already had been written.
The book is based on Minnie's letters from Texas to her mother in Vermont between 1888 and 1908. They form the core of the story and give the history of that part of the country from a woman's perspective. Over fifty pictures add to the story of Minnie’s life and times.
The dignity of economic situations and the struggle of making decisions are woven throughout the story. However, the main frame is how they created and maintained relationships as they built community. This book is a story of love.
Best Non-fiction Award – 2009
Oklahoma Writer’s Federation, Inc.
From the Book Introduction:
Shining with spirit and staying power, as a pioneer entering the Panhandle of Texas in 1888 Minnie Wood Warren Hobart was physically frailer than many pioneer women. Minnie’s enduring love for my grandfather sustained her through dramatic change. She grew up in Vermont – green, hilly, tranquil, with flowing water in the rivers. In 1888, she married her childhood sweetheart and moved to the Panhandle of Texas – brown, flat, windy, with sand patterns in the rivers. What if she had surrendered to the strangeness that was the Texas Panhandle? In writing this story, I wanted to go beyond my grandmother’s life as a footnote in history to discover the real story of this woman who lived in such changing and revolutionary times.
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Comments from appreciative readers:
“You have done such a good job … it is most interesting reading. Telling the story as you went back and forth from your grandmother’s letters to filling in the details, was so smooth.”
Joe
“When I started reading your book, I couldn’t put it down.”
Mason
“A sincere thank you for the great piece of Panhandle history so neatly done between the covers in A Pioneer Love Story."
Jim
“I could not put this book down once I started. Now, I’m ready to read it again! I laughed, I cried, and I learned so many new things.”
Sarah
“Really enjoyed this book. Finished it the first night. I love the history.”
Jo Ann