Title Writing the trail : five women's frontier narratives / Deborah Lawrence

Published Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2006] ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents A wandering princess on the Santa Fe Trail / Susan Shelby Magoffin -- A narrative of frontier housekeeping / Sarah Bayliss Royce -- A feminine view of the elephant / Louise Smith Clappe -- At home in the California wilderness / Eliza Burhans Farnham -- The tender recollecitons of an old soldier / Lydia Spencer Lane Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism. First person narrative -- History and criticism. Frontier and pioneer life in literature. Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Sources. Sex role in literature. Sex role -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography. Women -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860 -- Sources. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Sources. Genre/Form Biography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Sources. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 1587297302 (electronic bk.) 9781587297304 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper)

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