Frontier women : the trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1880 / Julie Roy Jeffrey.

Author
Jeffrey, Julie Roy [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Hill and Wang, 1979.
Description
xvi, 240 pages ; 22 cm.

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      Series
      American century series [More in this series]
      Summary note
      Chronicles the heroic achievements of America's frontier women.
      Notes
      Includes index.
      Bibliographic references
      Bibliography: p. 205-228.
      Contents
      • Introduction
      • Glimpses of western life
      • Ladies have the hardest time, that emigrate by land
      • A maid of all traids
      • Am beginning to feel quite civilized
      • The rarest commodity ... are women
      • If polygamy is the Lord's order, we must carry it out
      • Will she not overstep the bounds of propriety if she ventures into the arena of action?
      • Epilogue.
      ISBN
      • 0809048035
      • 9780809048038
      • 0809001411 ((pbk.))
      • 9780809001415 ((pbk.))
      LCCN
      79012279
      OCLC
      4858039
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