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From a manuscript that surfaced intact more than 50 years after it was composed, we gain illuminating insight into a pioneering world previously unknown. Mary Hamilton writes of searing hardships, wild joys and the unthinkable work it took to survive in her day in the wilderness of the primitive Mississippi Delta.

Critically Acclaimed

'Trials Of The Earth' Shows The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of Pioneer Life
Fresh Air, NPR

'Trials of the Earth' offers autobiographical look at being a pioneer woman
By Amy Gentry, Chicago Tribune

Hardship on the Range
By Melanie Kirkpatrick, The Wall Street Journal

Review: 'Trials of the Earth,' by Mary Mann Hamilton
By Kim Ode, Star Tribune

Delta woman's firsthand account of homesteading in Mississippi
By Royce Swayze, The Clarion-Ledger

A reminder of how punishing the physical struggle could be, and how unspeakably lonely a woman's life was when men were clearing the land.
— Rosellen Brown, New York Times Book Review

A rare story of a southern woman neither rich nor educated, who endured long enough to recall a unique slice of Americana.
—Emily Toth, Washington Post Book World

The unlettered yet vividly expressive Hamilton writes graphically of her arduous work, deep sorrows and exalting joys.
—Publishers Weekly

Critically Acclaimed

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