Covered Wagon Women, Volume 11
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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 11

Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1879-1903

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  2. English
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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 11

Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1879-1903

About this book

The stories seem simple—they left, they traveled, they settled—yet the restless westering impulse of Americans created one of the most enduring figures in our frontier pantheon: thehardy pioneer persevering against all odds. Undeterred by storms, ruthless bandits, towering mountains, and raging epidemics, the women in these volumes suggest why the pioneer represented the highest ideals and aspirations of a young nation. In this concluding volume of the Covered Wagon Women series, we see the final animal-powered overland migrations that were even then yielding to railroad travel and, in a few short years, to the automobile. The diaries and letters resonate with the vigor and spirit that made possible the settling and community-building of the American West.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Illustrations
  6. Introduction to the Bison Books Edition
  7. Introduction to Volume XI
  8. Iowa to Kansas, 1879: Nellie Carpenter & Ada Colvin
  9. Kansas Caravan, 1881: Mary E. Bower
  10. From Missouri to the Harney Valley, 1885: Viola Springer
  11. Kansas to Oregon by Road and Rail: Mrs. Hampton
  12. An Oregon Journey, 1903: Anna Hansberry
  13. Bibliography for the Series
  14. Index
  15. Back Cover