A Journey to Ohio in 1810
Here is a valuable and rare document providing a woman's perspective on a western passage that has received little attention from historians. Margaret Dwight's journal gives us a first-hand account that goes way beyond the usual reckoning of miles traveled and notes on the weather. She provides an intimate view of the people on the trail. From her observations we get a sense of the back-country settlements of Pennsylvania and Ohio in 1810, the language, the sounds, and even the smells of this early American West. Her journal is full of witty and occasionally sarcastic remarks. For all her prejudices and self-admitted pride, she emerges as a l…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8032-6589-9
- EAN: 9780803265899
- Produktnummer: 9280673
- Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
- Seitenangabe: 68 S.
- Masse: H20.1 cm x B13.5 cm x D0.8 cm 113 g
- Abbildungen: Map
- Gewicht: 113
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