title: Sand in My Eyes
author/editor: Seirgniore Russell Laune
reviewed by: Lee
SAND IN MY EYES
Recently, my computer crashed. I had some time to read while I was waiting for all my repair components to arrive. That's when I read, Sand in My Eyes. It's a memoir in its 3rd printing and is certainly worth reading.
Author, Seirgniore Russell Laune was fifteen when she and her family left their servants, friends, and spacious home on the East Coast to homestead on the Texas Panhandle. She married an attorney (Mr. Laune) in Texas during July of 1896. Together, they traveled by horse and buggy (on their honeymoon) to Nebraska. After that, they continued on to Oklahoma. There, they settled in Woodward.
At that time Woodard was nothing more than a few houses, a few stores and a railhead for shipping cattle to the East Coast. The town had no sidewalks, no electricity, no paved streets, no library, no industry and no social organizations. However, in time, the Launes joined other pioneers in promoting municipal, commercial, social and educational facilities and institutions.
Lee says my overall rating is: excellent. This is a must read!