Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2237130 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

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.

Customer Reviews

Bertie & Me
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.

Superbly written memoir, very highly recommended reading
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!

The way it was
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.