
Covered Wagon Women, Volume 11
Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1879-1903
- 195 pages
- 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
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction to the Bison Books Edition
- Introduction to Volume XI
- Iowa to Kansas, 1879: Nellie Carpenter & Ada Colvin
- Kansas Caravan, 1881: Mary E. Bower
- From Missouri to the Harney Valley, 1885: Viola Springer
- Kansas to Oregon by Road and Rail: Mrs. Hampton
- An Oregon Journey, 1903: Anna Hansberry
- Bibliography for the Series
- Index
- Back Cover