No Time on My Hands

by Grace Snyder and Nellie Snyder

Book Overview

When Grace Snyder, the matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family, wrote these reminiscences in her eightieth year, she felt she had been blessed "by having no time on my hands." The story of her busy life begins on the high plains of Nebraska, where her parents homesteaded in 1885. She recalls her childhood in a sod house on a frontier that required everyone to pull together in the face of hostile weather, serious illness, and economic depression...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803291647
• ISBN13: 9780803291645
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 565 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

No Time On My Hands

This was an excellent life history of Grace Snyder. She became one of America's great quilters. To have lived such a hard scrabble life and still have made time to take the bits and pieces she could find and make quilts is amazing. We could all learn a lesson from her.

No TIme on My Hands

This book had special meaning to me, as Nellie's parents were friends south of Cozad, with my great grandmother. Then after the family moved up to the Sandhills, they lived near my husband's parents. A very good book, by a wonderful author. Carole

Little House on the Prairie Uncensored

My sister lent me this book to read because it featured some of our relatives, the Holms. I thought this book would be kind of dry, but it turned out to be quite the good read. It's a love story, a story of hard-ships and a story of heart breaking loss. Like Little House on the Prairie it explains much of the techniques that were employed on the frontier to survive, but it also does not spare any of the raw and unpleasant details. Snyder's desire to create beautiful textile art runs through her life and this book binding together the hardships she faced; helping her move forward. The book is also filled with wit and humor, insightful observations and most importantly hope.

Being Related To a Master Quilter

Grace Synder is my great aunt. i read this book when i was a child. iam now married to a quilter and i want to share the story whith her. Aunt Grace lived a long life and i whish she was here to give my wife some of her ideas. I have fond memorys of her that will last a lifetime.

The autobiography of a pioneer woman

As a little girl, Grace Snyder had three dreams: to marry a cowboy, to see the top side of a cloud, and to make the most beautiful quilts in the world. This book is about how her dreams came true. Grace lived at about the same time as Laura Ingalls Wilder, and her story is similar. She tells about her girlhood, her marriage and family, and making the quilts that earned her many ribbons and a reputation as one of America's finest quilters. She tells about good times and bad times, but throughout the book is the joy of a woman who lived the life of her dreams.