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Bold spirit : Helga Estby's forgotten walk across Victorian America / Linda Lawrence Hunt ; foreword by Sue Armitage.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunt, Linda, 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mothers and daughters.
- Walking.
- History.
- United States--Description and travel.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs--1865-1918.
- Manners and customs.
- Estby, Helga, 1860-1942--Travel--United States.
- Estby, Helga.
- Estby, Helga, 1860-1942.
- Travel.
- Estby, Clara, 1876-1950--Travel--United States.
- Estby, Clara.
- Estby, Clara, 1876-1950.
- Walking--United States--History--19th century.
- Norwegian Americans--Biography.
- Norwegian Americans.
- Mothers and daughters--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 301 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Moscow, Idaho : University of Idaho Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1 On Foot to New York 9
- 2 Motherhood on a Minnesota Prairie 17
- 3 The Crucible Years 31
- 4 Surprises in Spokane Falls 45
- 5 Frontier Vices and the Move to Mica Creek 57
- 6 Financial Fears and a Family Death 71
- 7 The Wager 83
- 8 Undaunted by Rain, Sleet, and Snow 101
- 9 Hot, Hungry, and Hopeful 113
- 10 Night Terrors 125
- 11 "New Women's" Actions and Old Victorian Attitudes 137
- 12 An Electrifying Presidential Election 151
- 13 Earning Their Own Way 169
- 14 A Rush to the Finish 181
- 15 The Impossible Happens 193
- 16 Heartbreak at the Mica Creek Homestead 205
- 17 Homeward Bound 217
- 18 Lost and Found 229
- A Reflection on the Silencing of Family Stories 243.
- Notes:
- Col. maps on inside covers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0893012629
- OCLC:
- 51293757
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