Letters on an Elk Hunt

Elinore Pruitt Stewart's Letters on an Elk Hunt transports listeners to the rugged Wyoming backcountry of 1914 through the warm, observant voice of a homesteader writing home. Presented as epistolary fiction with biographical and historical roots, these letters—addressed to Mrs. Coney in Denver—chronicle a summer-long elk hunt and wagon excursion that becomes a portrait of frontier life: vivid landscapes, lively neighbors, family dynamics, and small-town dramas. Stewart’s account balances humor and hard-earned wisdom as she introduces a cast of characters—her husband “Mr. Stewart,” their children, opinionated neighbors, a genial hunt organizer, a self-important professor and students, and other personalities encountered on the trail. While hunting provides structure, the heart of the narrative lies in snapshots of daily homesteading, the natural world, and candid reflections on community, resilience, and belonging during the early twentieth-century West. Readers will find touches of war-time-era sensibility and the era’s social texture woven through her anecdotes. Ideal for fans of history and biography, lovers of epistolary storytelling, and anyone drawn to frontier adventure and human-sized dramas, this audiobook offers an intimate, evocative listen for those who crave authentic voices from America’s past.