This Week in the West: Mari Sandoz

This Week in the West · Mar 10, 2025 · 5m

🤠This Week in the West

🎙️ Episode 19: Mari Sandoz

📢 Episode Summary:

This week’s episode of This Week in the West tells the story of Mari Sandoz, who was no stranger to hardship. Growing up on the harsh Nebraska prairie, she endured physical and emotional struggles that shaped her perspective and writing. Despite her father’s lifelong discouragement, a dying request from him set her on a path to become one of the most important chroniclers of the American West. Her 1935 book Old Jules, a stark portrayal of frontier life, established her as a significant literary voice, though its road to…