Joanna Stratton

Pioneer Women

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Produktbeschreibung

Never before has there been such a detailed portrait of women's courage. Here are the stories of wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders and circuit riders. And their recollections of prairie fires, locust plagues, Indian raids, cowboy shootouts, blizzards and more. Photos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Atria Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 1982
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780671447489
• ISBN-10: 0671447483
• Artikelnr.: 21191638

Autorenporträt

Joanna L. Stratton was born and raised in Washington, DC, but considers Kansas and her family there as her second home. She began her work on Pioneer Women while attending Harvard College, from which she graduated with honors in 1976. She is currently pursuing graduate studies at Stanford University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Foreword
PART ONE
1. To the Stars Through the Wilderness: The Journey
2. Homes of Puncheon, Homes of Sod: The Settlement
3. Aprons and Plows: Daily Life on the Prairie
PART TWO
4. Days of Valor: Fighting the Wild
5. Days of Darkness: Fighting the Elements
6. The Clashing of Cultures: Indians
PART THREE
7. A Social People
8. A Prairie Childhood
9. Classrooms and Schoolmarms
10. The Frontier Church
PART FOUR
11. The Frontier Town
12. The Cow Town
13. The Immigrant Community: Victoria
PART FIVE
14. The Wounds of War
15. The Woman Crusaders: Temperance and Suffrage
Appendix: Guide to the Lilla Day Monroe Collection of Pioneer Stories
Bibliography
Index