A Lantern in Her Hand Author:Bess Streeter Aldrich The place: Nebraska. The time: the 1870's, when every day on the prairie brought its threat of hostile Indians, of prairie fires, of blizzards, and the overwhelming threat of accident or illness to the little homesteading family, Will and Abbie Deal and their babies. Hope, faith, and hard work finally make real for the for the Deals and their... more » neighbors the dreams of productive farms and prosperous towns, of schools and hospitals, of well-paved roads to bring them close to the rest of the country. And old Abbie Deal can look back with pride and wonder to her own part in the miracle.« less