Johnson, Dorothy M.
Some went West Dorothy M. Johnson ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Virginia Scharff - Lincoln, Nebraska University of Nebraska Press 1997 - xvii, 180 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
"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.
0803275986 9780803275980
97001509
009268134 Uk
Women pioneers--History--West (U.S.)--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
F596 / .J48 1997
j978 Joh 29
U5001 T632 -1997
Some went West Dorothy M. Johnson ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Virginia Scharff - Lincoln, Nebraska University of Nebraska Press 1997 - xvii, 180 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
"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.
0803275986 9780803275980
97001509
009268134 Uk
Women pioneers--History--West (U.S.)--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
F596 / .J48 1997
j978 Joh 29
U5001 T632 -1997