Sarah's Quilt: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1906.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

SARAH'S QUILT: The Continuing Story of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1906 NANCY E. TURNER. St. Martin's, $24.95 (416p) ISBN 0-312-33262-9

Turner (These Is My Words) resumes the fictionalized diary of her great-grandmother, Arizona frontierswoman Sarah Agnes Prine, four years later in this day-by-day account of seven months in which the indomitable, twice-widowed rancher faces drought, prairie fire, a stampede, a hanging and a proposal. Sarah fears losing her ranch: "I need money and I need rain. Both of them in good order and flowing over." Even help brings worry: Sarah's prosperous neighbor offers sympathy and marriage; sons Gilbert and Charlie return home, defying their …