Collections
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Journey Into Christmas and Other Stories | 1938 | Buy |
| A Bess Streeter Aldrich Treasury | 1959 | Buy |
| The Man Who Caught the Weather and Other Stories | 1975 | Buy |
| The Home-Coming and Other Stories | 1983 | Buy |
| Across the Smiling Meadow & Other Stories | 1984 | Buy |
| The Collected Short Works, 1907-1919 | 1995 | Buy |
| The Collected Short Works, 1920-1954 | 1999 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Mother Mason | 1924 | Buy |
| The Rim Of The Prairie | 1925 | Buy |
| The Cutters | 1926 | Buy |
| A Lantern in Her Hand | 1928 | Buy |
| A White Bird Flying | 1931 | Buy |
| Miss Bishop | 1933 | Buy |
| Spring Came On Forever | 1935 | Buy |
| Man Who Caught the Weather | 1936 | Buy |
| Song Of Years | 1939 | Buy |
| The Drum Goes Dead | 1941 | Buy |
| The Lieutenant’s Lady | 1942 | Buy |
| Journey into Christmas | 1949 | Buy |
Bess Streeter Aldrich was an American novelist who wrote about pioneer life and small-town culture in the Midwest. Her best-known work, A Lantern in Her Hand (1928), follows a woman’s life from the 1850s through the early twentieth century as she and her family settle the Nebraska prairie. The novel became a classic of American regional fiction.
Aldrich published 12 novels between 1924 and 1949, alongside seven collections of short stories (some published posthumously). Her writing captures the hardships and rewards of frontier life with warmth and without sentimentality. Works like Song Of Years, Spring Came On Forever, and The Lieutenant’s Lady continued her exploration of Midwestern history and character. Her short story collections, gathered from magazine publications, span from 1907 to 1954.