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PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803272774
ISBN-139780803272774
eBay Product ID (ePID)841790
Product Key Features
Book TitleCovered Wagon Women : Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849
Number of Pages280 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, General
Publication Year1995
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorAnne M. Butler
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-021200
Reviews"Kenneth L. Holmes made the very wise editorial decision not to update, revise, or parenthetically correct the quirky and often fascinating prose of these nineteenth-century women. . . . The writing is rich with the sounds of common speech and jargon . . . and it should be a gold mine for students of everyday life."-John Mack Faragher,Western Historical Quarterly, "Kenneth L. Holmes made the very wise editorial decision not to update, revise, or parenthetically correct the quirky and often fascinating prose of these nineteenth-century women. . . . The writing is rich with the sounds of common speech and jargon . . . and it should be a gold mine for students of everyday life."-John Mack Faragher, Western Historical Quarterly, "The diaries and letters . . . throb with excitement, pain, and mind-boggling determination."-Kliatt, "The diaries and letters . . . throb with excitement, pain, and mind-boggling determination."- Kliatt, "Covered Wagon Womenis to be valued. . . . First, it brings together in a single edition a major collection of the diaries of overland women. . . . Second, this is probably the most perfectly documented edition a researcher will find."-Lillian Schlissel,Pacific Historical Review, "The diaries and letters . . . throb with excitement, pain, and mind-boggling determination."-- Kliatt "An outstanding collection of primary sources written by women moving west."-- Wagon Tracks "Kenneth L. Holmes made the very wise editorial decision not to update, revise, or parenthetically correct the quirky and often fascinating prose of these nineteenth-century women. . . . The writing is rich with the sounds of common speech and jargon . . . and it should be a gold mine for students of everyday life."--John Mack Faragher, Western Historical Quarterly " Covered Wagon Women is to be valued. . . . First, it brings together in a single edition a major collection of the diaries of overland women. . . . Second, this is probably the most perfectly documented edition a researcher will find."--Lillian Schlissel, Pacific Historical Review, " Covered Wagon Women is to be valued. . . . First, it brings together in a single edition a major collection of the diaries of overland women. . . . Second, this is probably the most perfectly documented edition a researcher will find."-Lillian Schlissel, Pacific Historical Review, "Covered Wagon Women is to be valued. . . . First, it brings together in a single edition a major collection of the diaries of overland women. . . . Second, this is probably the most perfectly documented edition a researcher will find."-Lillian Schlissel, Pacific Historical Review
Number of Volumes11 vols.
Volume NumberVol. 1
SynopsisThe women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; Rachel Fisher, who buried both her husband and her little girl before reaching Oregon. Still others make themselves heard, starting out from different places and recording details along the way, from the mundane to the soul-shattering and spirit-lifting.
LC Classification NumberF591.C79 1995
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- 09. Mär. 2023
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