@article{310540,
      recid = {310540},
      author = {Larson, Kirby.},
      title = {Hattie Big Sky /},
      publisher = {Delacorte Press,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {289 p. ;},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in  Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from  Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some  unexpected problems related to the war being fought in  Europe. Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to  prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim. For years,  sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives.  Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously  leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim  near Vida, Montana. With a stubborn stick-to-itiveness,  Hattie faces frost, drought and blizzards. Despite many  hardships, Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with  her friends--especially Charlie, fighting in  France--through letters and articles for her hometown  paper.  Her backbreaking quest for a home is lightened by  her neighbors, the Muellers. But she feels threatened by  pressure to be a "Loyal" American, forbidding friendships  with folks of German descent. Despite everything, Hattie's  determined to stay until a tragedy causes her to discover  the true meaning of home.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/310540},
}