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Writing the trail : five women's frontier narratives / Deborah Lawrence.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawrence, Deborah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Sources.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Sex role.
- History.
- Women.
- American literature--Women authors.
- First person narrative.
- Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Women pioneers.
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
- First person narrative--History and criticism.
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Women--West (U.S.)--History--19th century--Sources.
- Sex role in literature.
- Sex role--West (U.S.)--History--19th century--Sources.
- West (U.S.)--History--1848-1860--Sources.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 158 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- 1 / Susan Shelby Magoffin A Wandering Princess on the Santa Fe Trail 9
- 2 / Sarah Bayliss Royce A Narrative of Frontier Housekeeping 35
- 3 / Louise Smith Clappe A Feminine View of the Elephant 61
- 4 / Eliza Burhans Farnham At Home in the California Wilderness 83
- 5 / Lydia Spencer Lane The Tender Recollections of an Old Soldier 107.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-154) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1587295091
- OCLC:
- 67405704
- Publisher Number:
- 9781587295096
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