Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson, a digital book trailer
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Hattie Big Sky written by Kirby Larson. Digital book trailer created by Kathryn Whitehouse Class project for SJSU SLIS LIBR 264 Fall 2010
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Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson, a digital book trailer
- 1. Hattie Big Sky written by Kirby Larson a digital book trailer by Kathryn Whitehouse
- 2. I’ve always been Hattie Here-and-There shuttled between distant relatives with only my best friend Charlie to understand me.
- 3. But Charlie is gone now to fight the Great War against the Germans.
- 4. Charlie is on my mind every day. I pray for his safe return
- 5. When my late Uncle offered me his home and 320 acres on a Montana homestead, I accepted immediately
- 6. But what I found was a leaky shack with a dirt floor and snow everywhere. It was bitterly cold and I felt so alone.
- 7. I got busy fast! To keep my new home I had to plant 40 acres of flax..
- 8. … and lay 8,000 feet of fence.
- 9. Handsome rancher Traft Martin seems to think he can just buy me out and let his cattle graze..
- 10. But I’m not selling! My flax is doing just fine.
- 11. My neighbors, Karl and Perilee Mueller treated me like family and helped me every way they could.
- 12. I don’t feel so homeless in my heart anymore. I am no longer Hattie Here-and-There.
- 13. The outside world couldn’t stay away. The Great War was on everyone’s minds.
- 14. And German Americans were treated very badly even here in Vida Montana.
- 15. I am a loyal American. But I won’t turn my back on Karl and Perilee Mueller.
- 16. I still miss Charlie, but I am proud of all I’ve done. I love my new life. The Montana sky goes on forever.
- 17. And I won’t sell my land. Most homesteaders fail, but Lord willing, my crops will come in and the farm is all mine.
- 18. Hattie Big Sky A novel written by Kirby Larson. Delacorte Press, 2006 Digital book trailer by Kathryn Whitehouse Prepared for SJSU LIBR 264 Fall 2010 taught by Dr. Douglas Achterman Images sourced at Creative Commons. Royalty free music sourced at www.incompetech.com.
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- I’ve always been Hattie Here-and-There shuttled between relatives with only my best friend Charlie to understand me.
- But Charlie is gone now to fight the Great War against the Germans.
- When my late Uncle offered me his home and 320 acres on a Montana homestead, I accepted immediately.
- But what I found was a leaky shack with a dirt floor and snow everywhere. It was bitterly cold and I felt so alone.
- I got busy fast! To keep my new home I had to plant 40 acres of flax..
- and lay 8,000 feet of fence.
- Handsome rancher Traft Martin seems to think he can just buy me out and let his cattle graze..
- But I’m not selling. My flax is doing just fine.
- My neighbors, Karl and Perilee Mueller treated me like family and helped me every way they could.
- I don’t feel so homeless in my heart anymore. I am no longer Hattie Here-and-There.
- The outside world couldn’t stay away. The Great War was on everyone’s minds.
- And German Americans were treated very badly even here in Vida Montana.
- I am a loyal American. But I won’t turn my back on Karl and Perilee Mueller.
- I still miss Charlie, but I am proud of all I’ve done. I love my new life.
- And I won’t sell my land. Most homesteaders fail, but Lord willing, my crops will come in and the farm is all mine.