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Tomboy bride : one woman's personal account of life in mining camps of the West / Harriet Fish Backus ; with a new foreword by Pam Houston.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 7978
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Backus, Harriet Fish, author.
Contributor:
Houston, Pam, writer of foreword.
Schimmel, Caroline F., associated name, donor.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Backus, Harriet Fish.
Miners' spouses--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Miners' spouses.
West (U.S.)--Biography.
West (U.S.).
West United States.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7978)
Physical Description:
xvii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition:
50th anniversary edition.
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : West Margin Press, 2019.
Notes:
Includes discussion questions.
"First published by Pruett Publishing Company, 1977."--title page verso.
Local Notes:
Schimmel 7978: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
ISBN:
9781513262055
151326205X
OCLC:
1100768034

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