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Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Complete with actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, Hearts West includes twelve stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits. Some were fortunate enough to marry good men and live happily ever after; still others found themselves in desperate situations that robbed them of their youth and sometimes their lives.
Desperate to strike it rich during the Gold Rush, men sacrificed many creature comforts....
Author
Series
Women of the West volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
A teenaged girl kidnapped by outlaws, the mysterious wedding dress and the young man she comes to love.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
"Separates the myth from the truth in the life of Calamity Jane, including her early life, her many different occupations, her travels throughout the Wild West, and how she became a legendary figure"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
North Point
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
WESTWARD THE WOMEN is a book about women of every kind and sort, from nuns to prostitutes, who participated in the greatest American adventure-pioneering across the continent. Not only does the material represent half-forgotten history-which the author garnered from attics, libraries, state historical museums, and the reminiscences of Far Western Old-timers-but it is unique in presenting the woman's side of the story in this major American experience....
15) Grass songs
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1993.
Language
English
Description
A collection of 17 poems describing the experience of traveling West during the 1800s, as seen through the eyes of pioneer women.
Author
Publisher
High Plains Press
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Instead of talking about women's rights, these frontier women grabbed the opportunity to become landowners by homesteading in the still wild west of the early 1900s. Here they tell their stories in their own words -- through letters and articles of the time -- of adventure, independence, foolhardiness, failure, success, and freedom. - Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Pocket
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
Dawn Miller's marvelous debut novel, inspired by memories of her great-grandmother, tells a wonderful adventure story--and a glorious tale of love--as it was experienced with passion and yearning by a character whom readers will never forget. "Lovely and heartwarming . . . a poignant, hopeful love story that will touch your heart".
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