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Some went West

by Johnson, Dorothy M.
Additional authors: Scharff, Virginia -- writer of introduction.
Published by : University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, Nebraska) Physical details: xvii, 180 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm ISBN:0803275986; 9780803275980.
Subject(s): Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature. | Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) | Women -- Biography. | Women pioneers | West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature. | West (U.S.) -- History. | West United States | Biography. | Literature | History | Juvenile works
Year: 1997
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j 900 - 999 j978 Joh (Browse shelf) Available 115568

"Illustrated with photographs."

"Bison Books"--Spine.

Reprinted with new introduction. Originally published: New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1965.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and index.

Some were captured by Indians: Cynthia Ann Parker ; Fanny Kelly ; The German sisters -- Some were dedicated: Mary Richardson Walker ; The Sisters of Providence -- Some came to work -- and marry: Mercer's belles -- Some were protected: Harriet Sanders -- Some married badmen: Electa Plummer ; Maria Virginia Slade -- Some were rebels: Dr. Bethenia Owens-Adair -- Some followed adventure: Isabella Bird ; Elizabeth Custer -- Some were idealists: Catherine Weldon -- Some lived far from town: Nannie Alderson ; Grace Snyder.

Describes the lives and varied experiences of some of the many women who traveled across the American West, including Cynthia Ann Parker, Mary Richardson Walker, Harriet Sanders, Maria Virginia Slade, and Elizabeth Custer.

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