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The Montana frontier : one woman's West / Joyce Litz.

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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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