Women's diaries of the westward journey / [collected by] Lillian Schlissel ; foreword by Mary Clearman Blew.
2004
F593 .W65 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
Women's diaries of the westward journey / [collected by] Lillian Schlissel ; foreword by Mary Clearman Blew.
ISBN
0805211764 (pbk.)
9780805211764 (pbk.)
9780805211764 (pbk.)
Imprint
New York : Schocken Books, ©2004.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number
F593 .W65 2004
Summary
Includes "writings of more than a hundred women" who experienced the "trip across the continent."
Revised edition includes material on "young girls ... between eight and sixteen for whom the monumental crossing was a lark."
Revised edition includes material on "young girls ... between eight and sixteen for whom the monumental crossing was a lark."
Note
Originally published: ©1982. With new foreword.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.
Added Author
Schlissel, Lillian.
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Table of Contents
Families in transit I, 1841-1850
Families in transit II, 1851-1855
The later journeys, 1856-1867
The diaries. A woman't trip across the plains in 1849 / Catherine Haun ; Notes by the wayside en route to Oregon, 1852 / Lydia Allen Rudd ; Diary, 1853 / Amelia Stewary Knight ; Touring from Mitchell, Iowa to California, 1862 / Jane Gould Tourtillott ; A sketch of her life / Rebecca Hildreth Nutting Woodson ; Diary, 1867 / Barsina Rogers French.
Families in transit II, 1851-1855
The later journeys, 1856-1867
The diaries. A woman't trip across the plains in 1849 / Catherine Haun ; Notes by the wayside en route to Oregon, 1852 / Lydia Allen Rudd ; Diary, 1853 / Amelia Stewary Knight ; Touring from Mitchell, Iowa to California, 1862 / Jane Gould Tourtillott ; A sketch of her life / Rebecca Hildreth Nutting Woodson ; Diary, 1867 / Barsina Rogers French.