Covered Wagon Women, Volume 9: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1864-1868
In their simplicity is their poignancy. On August 7, 1865, Mary Louisa Black noted in her journal that they were nooning on a nice stream in a valey in the mountains. A day later she observed that one of the men in the overland expedition had buried an infant here yesterday--still born. One can only imagine her emotional turmoil--she had buried her own daughter three months earlier, just as she and her husband set out for Oregon. While each diarist and letter-writer had her personal joys and sorrows, collectively these invaluable accounts demonstrate the passion and courage of these nineteenth-century pioneering women who led and followed the…
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Weitere Autoren: Smith, Sherry L. (Solist) / Holmes, Kenneth L. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8032-7298-9
- EAN: 9780803272989
- Produktnummer: 15412956
- Verlag: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 258 S.
- Masse: H20.2 cm x B13.5 cm x D1.5 cm 290 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 9
- Gewicht: 290
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