Women's diaries of the westward journey [collected by] Lillian Schlissel ; preface by Carl N. Degler

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schlissel, Lillian.

Cairns Collection of American Women Writers

Series:

Studies in the life of women

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Overland journeys to the Pacific--Sources.

Overland journeys to the Pacific.

Women--West (U.S.)--History--19th century--Sources.

Women.

West (U.S.)--History--1848-1860--Sources.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890--Sources.

Genre:

Diaries.

Physical Description:

viii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Schocken Books, 1982.

Summary:

Describes the courage of American women who journeyed West between 1840 and 1870.

Contents:

Families in transit I, 1841-1850

Families in transit II, 1851-1855

The later journeys, 1856-1867

The diaries

"A woman's trip across the plains in 1849" / Catherine Haun

"Notes by the wayside en route to Oregon, 1852" / Lydia Allen Rudd

"Diary, 1853" / Amelia Stewart Knight

"Touring from Mitchell, Iowa, to California, 1862" / Jane Gould Tourtillott.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Women's diaries of the westward journey.

ISBN:

0805237747

9780805237740

0805207473

9780805207477

0805211764

9780805211764

OCLC:

7573621