Download or read book Letters by Lamplight written by Lois E. Myers and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through letters written by one family in post-Reconstruction Texas, Myers shows what life was like in this part of the Old West from a feminine perspective. The detailed letters of joy and struggle on the frontier remind us, Myers points out, that broad historical events... are made up of myriad ordinary lives. --Mary M. Fisher "The North San Antonio Times"