Grass Songs [Paperback]

Ann Warren Turner (Author), Barry Moser (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1993

A collection of seventeen poems describing the experience of traveling West during the 1800s, as seen through the eyes of pioneer women.

Product Details

• Paperback: 51 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0156364778
• ISBN-13: 978-0156364775
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,383,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in a small town in Western Massachusetts to creative parents who always encouraged my writing and painting. I went to Bates College, majored in English, and spent a wonderful year abroad in Oxford, England, giving me a taste for neat Scotch, Evensong, and very old churches and buildings. I've been married long enough to break all records and have two grown children. I am especially drawn to telling stories about outsiders, rebellious girls, and people who don't fit in--as I didn't growing up. I was always a bit too loud, too passionate, moved too fast, made up too many stories, and thought that life moved just a tad too slowly for me. I love to cook, garden, swim, pet my wild Jack Russell terrier, talk to friends and my "kids," and laugh at my husband's wild, original stories. I also actually answer letters and emails sent to me by fans, and when I do school visits, I tell people--"Don't ever let anyone tell you you can't do it!"

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Since I was 16, I have appreciated this book, March 22, 2005

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J. Johnston "Army LT" (Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grass Songs (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book of poems written by women while on their trecks westward. None of the authors are poets by profession, and many seem to have very little formal education, but they are beautifully real and powerful. One of my favorite lines is "...I reached so high my dress tore, and no one can say I am not a lady" You can almost hear the twang in her voice. These are the thoughts of pioneer women after a long day of travel, men fed, cattle put to pasture, babies asleep, dust settling. These are the thoughts that they had while alone and peaceful, perhaps under a tree with moonlight overhead and crickets chirping. I found this compilation in a small used book store when I was 16, and I have carried it around the world with me as a favorite item ever since.