Covered Wagon Women: Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849
- ISBN-10
- 0803272774
- ISBN-13
- 9780803272774
- Series
- Covered Wagon Women
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Kenneth L. Holmes
Description
Offers the writings and recollections of thirteen Anglo women who traveled to the American West in the 1840s, taken from their letters and diaries, and reflecting the political, social, and economic forces of the era.
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