THE DIARY OF MATTIE SPENSER, by Sandra Dallas was published in 1997 through St. Martin's Press in New York. As the name suggests this is diary entries by a woman who is traveling as a newlywed to the Colorado Territories. The book is found in a small chest in the home of her granddaughter who is getting ready to move into a nursing home. Her friend decides to read the book and make a computer generated copy for Hazel. We go through the hardships, friendships and daily living on an unsustainable land.
Mattie is married at the last minute to a man who had been courting another woman. His proposal is matter of fact and is about as romantic as a watching cement dry. There are Indian attacks, death of friends and children, betrayal, unexpected romance and the hardening of the heart. This is all wrapped up in a 229 page book. It was a book that I did not want to put down, because I was rooting for Mattie as I became caught up in her life. The journal is written from 1865 to 1869, when Mattie decides not to write anymore about her life.
It took two days to read and if you want some history and some feeling of the wild west, then I suggest you might want to read this book. At last a book that did not take a month to finish.
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