Title The colonel's lady on the western frontier : the correspondence of Alice Kirk Grierson / edited by Shirley A. Leckie

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1989

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : illustrations Series Women in the West Women in the West. Summary The modern woman who tries to juggle private and public roles with equilibrium will discover a spiritual ancestor in Alice Kirk Grierson. The colonel's lady spent most of her life at army outposts on the nineteenth-century western frontier, where she faced the problems of raising a large family while fulfilling the duties of a commanding officer's wife. Fortunately for history, she left a large and extraordinarily candid correspondence, which has now been edited by the author Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Grierson, Alice Kirk, 1828-1888 -- Correspondence SUBJECT Grierson, Alice Kirk, 1828-1888 fast Subject United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century SUBJECT United States. Army fast Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Officers' spouses -- West (U.S.) -- Correspondence HISTORY -- State & Local. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. Frontier and pioneer life Officers' spouses Armed Forces -- Military life Dagelijks leven. Frontier. SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93004749 West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 Subject West United States Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies History Personal correspondence Autobiographies. Autobiographies. Form Electronic book Author Leckie, Shirley A., 1937- ISBN 0585346631 9780585346632 0803228864 9780803228863

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