Bertie and Me: Kids on a Ranch [Paperback]

Billie Lee Snyder Thornburg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 24, 2002

Memoir of a 90-year-old woman who grew up on an isolated ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska in the early 1900's. Excellent historical information for both children and adults. A chuckle in every chapter.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A delightful story told in celebration of a close knit rural family. A "must read." -- Marianne Beel, North Platte Telegraph Columnist

After reading one story, I had to read the next. A true life story filled with honesty and inspiring history. -- Thomas Maddux, Pioneer

Plain stories, plainly written with the wry humor of a 90-year-old woman who never completely outgrew her childhood. -- Keith Blackledge, Editor Emeritus,North Platte Telegraph

About the Author

In her ninety years of life, Billie Lee Snyder Thornburg has been a dance teacher, a yoga instructor and a carnival vendor. She thought her sister, Nellie Snyder Yost, was the only author in the family and so she didn't begin her first book until she was eighty-eight. She plans to write two more books and live to be at least one hundred.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Old Hundred and One Pr (October 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972161309
• ISBN-13: 978-0972161305
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,910,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bertie & Me, January 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bertie and Me: Kids on a Ranch (Paperback)

I couldn't put this book down! Wonderfully written, I felt like I was there! Billie Lee tells her story well--a family living in the Nebraska Sandhills in the 20's and 30s. There is such happiness in this book. People then worked hard, and their children worked hard by their sides, and never once do you hear Bertie & Billie complain. It was their way of life, and they loved it. I think everyone will appreciate this look at life in a time gone past. Thanks, Billie Lee for sharing your photos, also. I fell in love with this book, and I think you all will, too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superbly written memoir, very highly recommended reading, April 11, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bertie and Me: Kids on a Ranch (Paperback)

Bertie And Me: Kids On A Ranch by Billie Lee Snyder Thornburg is the inherently fascinating narrative of a true 1900's pioneer. Capturing the humble joys and sorrows of growing up on a Nebraska Sandhill Ranch, these autobiographical and anecdotal tales add fresh color and wonder into such routine and daily activities such as trapping muskrats, milking cows, and the remarkable day when "Mama Goes To Vote" because women had just received the right to vote in Nebraska. Captivating and nigh-impossible to put down, Bertie And Me: Kids On A Ranch is a superbly written memoir and very highly recommended reading!

5.0 out of 5 stars The way it was, January 28, 2004

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Muriel Clark (North Platte, NE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bertie and Me: Kids on a Ranch (Paperback)

Billie's book is so important because it gives a picture of the way life was in the Nebraska Sandhills in the early part of the 20th Century. Fortunately there are still some around who remember this, but it won't be too long before they're all gone. Then all we will have to remember these hardy pioneers by are memoirs like Billie's. It's a great read and evokes the joy and hardship of a simpler time.