Mathilda

About the Book

Catherine M. (Hauk )Feldman was born February 17, 1916. She spent her early childhood in the sod house that her parents, Mike and Kate Hauk, built on the eastern Montana prairie. The house boasted of a shingled roof, glass window panes, and hardwood floors in the main room; initially, the bedroom had a dirt floor. Catherine worked outdoors beside her father until she left for college at age seventeen, giving her a feeling of equality between the sexes. She and her husband, William Feldman, have enjoyed six children and eight grandchildren. The Spring Tender is her forthcoming novel. Mathilda is available online at www.Amazon.com and at your favorite bookstore by special order. Front cover handcolored photograph by Tami Phelps, “Prairie Home,” can be ordered from: Creations By Tami, P.O. Box 242274, Anchorage, AK 99524-2274; or requested at tamijo@ptialaska.net.

About the Author

Catherine M. (Hauk) Feldman was born February 17, 1916. She spent her early childhood in a homesteader’s sod house that her parents, Mike and Kate Hauk, built on the eastern Montana prairie. The house boasted of a shingled roof, glass window panes, and hardwood floors in the main room; initially, the bedroom had a dirt floor. Catherine worked outdoors beside her father until she left for college at age seventeen, giving her a feeling of equality between the sexes. She taught school in eastern Montana after completing her teacher´s degree (when few women were encouraged to earn college degrees). Later she completed her Master´s degree in Education and taught special education children (and some adults), while developing her literary and story-telling skills. If you enjoy The Spring Tender, look for her earlier novel, Mathilda.