![]() At the same time she continued to stay up and study by kerosene lamp after correcting papers, giving herself enough of an education to get into the University of Nebraska. Jules attempted to suppress these tendencies in his eldest daughter, but it was no use, as she had inherited his fierceness, his independence, and his bravery.įor a period of about five years in her late teens, Mari taught in a one-room ranch schoolhouse in order to augment the family finances. As her knowledge expanded, she increasingly yearned for a different life. ![]() Despite these duties and constant, grim discouragement from Jules, she learned to read and write by lamplight. ![]() As the eldest child, Mari was responsible for the toughest ranch work as well as caring for her younger sisters and brother. Early Lifeīorn on May 10, 1896, Mari Sandoz was the eldest of Swedish immigrants Jules and Mary Fehr Sandoz’s six children. ![]() Today, Sandoz is survived by her literary works and is still widely considered to be one of the American West’s preeminent authors. ![]() Sandoz’s work represents some of the most widely read literature concerning the American West and has done much to influence several generations’ understanding of the region as a whole. Mari Sandoz (1896–1966) was a popular author in the early- to mid-twentieth century whose works of both fiction and non-fiction focused on life in the Rocky Mountain West. ![]()
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