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Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement

Life on the Home Frontier

Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement( )
Author: Smith, Ursula
Peavy, Linda
Foreword by: Faragher, John Mack
ISBN:978-0-8061-2619-7
Publication Date:Apr 1994
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.95
Book Description:

During the last half of the nineteenth century, thousands of men went west in search of gold, land, or adventure-leaving their wives to handle family, farm, and business affairs on their own. The experiences of these westering men have long been a part of the lore of the American frontier, but the stories of their wives have rarely been told. Ten years of research into public and private documents-including letters of couples separated during the westward movement-has enabled...
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