| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
ix, 246 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Women of action series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Drawing on journal entries, letters, and song lyrics to evoke the courage and spirit of female pioneers, a collection of portraits traces the lives of such individuals as Amelia Stewart Knight, Miriam Colt, and Clara Brown. |
| Contents |
Many a weary mile. Margret Reed: surviving starvation in the Sierra Nevada ; Amelia Stewart Knight: on the Oregon trail -- Oh, give me a home. Narcissa Whitman: alone, in the thick darkness of heathendom ; Miriam Davis Colt: an experiment in Kansas ; Frances Grummond: Army wife in wyoming -- A woman that can work. Luzena Stanley Wilson: California gold fever ; Clara Brown: African American pioneer ; Bethenia Owens-Adair: female physician -- And now the fun begins. Martha Dartt Maxwell: Colorado naturalist ; Charlotte "Lotta" Crabtree: "Golden wonder" of the stage -- Great expectations for the future. Mary Elizabeth Lease: political firebrand ; Carry Nation: "Hachetation" against the devil's brew ; Clash of cultures. Rachel Parker Plummer and Cynthia Ann Parker: the captive and the "white squaw" ; Sarah Wimmemucca: Life among the Paiutes ; Susette La Flesche: "an Indian is a person" ; Love song to the West. |
| Subject |
Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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West (U.S.) -- History -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women pioneers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
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West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| ISBN |
9781883052973 (hardcover) : $19.95 |
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1883052971 (hardcover) |
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