“And I couldn’t part with Levi’s baby quilt, with the date of his birth, and death stitched in the corner. It was the first quilt I made after we were married. I never used it for another child because he died wrapped in it. Seeing this quilt is the only way I can remember his face.” - Excerpt from Trail of Thread.

     For nearly two decades, Butterfield Books Inc. has published books portraying the lives of the pioneers that settled the Kansas prairie in the 1800s.

  Through these books, some written in the form of diaries and letters to family they left behind, you get glimpses of the characters’ everyday lives, the times, and the emotions of forging new homesteads for the betterment of their families.

     Books are sold as a trade paperback directly through Butterfield Books Inc., or order through Ingram or Baker & Taylor.  Ebooks are available through Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Please contact us for purchasing books,  information or questions through the contact page.