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The Montana frontier : one woman's West / Joyce Litz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Litz, Joyce, 1928-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women pioneers--Montana--Giltedge Region--Biography.
- Women pioneers.
- Pioneers--Montana--Giltedge Region--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Giltedge Region.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Ranch life--Montana--Giltedge Region.
- Ranch life.
- Giltedge Region (Mont.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Giltedge Region (Mont.).
- Giltedge Region (Mont.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Giltedge Region (Mont.)--Biography.
- Montana--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Montana.
- Montana--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Weston, Lillian, 1865-1949.
- Weston, Lillian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Taken from the journals of a Victorian-era woman who followed her husband from New York to a small town in Montana, these reflections include birth control and child rearing, gambling and prostitution, education and health care in the Mountain West.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; 1: The Pedestrian; 2: From Connecticut to London; 3: Paris Interlude; 4: In Old New York; 5: Out and About; 6: The Female Condition; 7: In Search Of . . .; 8: A Pause for Consideration; 9: Resolution; 10: After Marriage Arrives a Reaction; 11: A Rude Awakening; 12: The Road to Gilt Edge; 13: Far from the Madding Crowd; 14: Gilt Edge: A Law Unto Itself; 15: The Bewitching Mrs. Gay; 16: End of the Jawbone Line; 17: A Wish for Bliss without Alloy; 18: A Question of Attitude; 19: Urban Life; 20: No Ordinary Sight; 21: Through a Glass Darkly
- 22: New Beginnings23: Starting a Ranch from Scratch; 24: Life Is as Water; 25: Riding the Range; 26: Neighboring in Lonesome Places; 27: More Than Pets; 28: A Day in the Life of an Idle Ranch Woman; 29: And the Earth . . . Shall Be Iron; 30: No Turning Back; 31: A Bit of Sustenance; 32: Never a Winning Hand; Afterword: Darkness Lowers; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781283635233
- 1283635232
- 9780826331229
- 082633122X
- OCLC:
- 827208314
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