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Women's Diaries of the westward journey

Published by : Schocken Books (New York) Physical details: 262 p ISBN:0-8052-1004-0. Year: 1982
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900 - 999 978.02 Sch (Browse shelf) Available 65668

Includes Index


Families in transit I, 1841-1850 --
Families in transit II, 1851-1855 --
The later journeys, 1856-1867 --
The diaries --
"A woman's trip across the plains in 1849" / Catherine Haun --
"Notes by the wayside en route to Oregon, 1852" / Lydia Allen Rudd --
"Diary, 1853" / Amelia Stewart Knight --
"Touring from Mitchell, Iowa, to California, 1862" / Jane Gould Tourtillott.

Describes the courage of American women who journeyed West between 1840 and 1870.