| Covered Wagon Women, Volume 2: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1850 Contributor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. (Editor), Schlissel, Lillian (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 080327274X ISBN-13: 9780803272743 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1996 Annotation: A courageous young mother, Sarah Davis, counts the graves along the way. Mary M. Colby's record is a reminder of how women contributed to the family prosperity when they reached bountiful Oregon. Lucena Parsons, a bride, provides details about washing and cooking in the open air. Sophia Goodridge, the youngest daughter in a large Mormon family, charts the trip to Salt Lake. Anna Maria Morris travels to Santa Fe with the military unit commanded by her husband. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 978 |
| LCCN: 95021200 |
| Lexile Measure: 1630 |
| Series: Coverd Wagon Women |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.59" W x 8.3" (0.74 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - California - Geographic Orientation - Oregon - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; Rachel Fisher, who buried both her husband and her little girl before reaching Oregon. Still others make themselves heard, starting out from different places and recording details along the way, from the mundane to the soul-shattering and spirit-lifting. |