Description
About the Author
Kenneth L. Holmes was a professor of history at Western Oregon State College. He edited and compiled Covered Wagon Women, drawing on archives and private sources. Anne M. Butler, a professor of history at Utah State University-Logan, is the author of Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery: Prostitutes in the American West.
Reviews
"The diaries and letters . . . throb with excitement, pain, and mind-boggling determination."-Kliatt
"An outstanding collection of primary sources written by women moving west."-Wagon Tracks
"Kenneth L. Holmes made the very wise editorial decision not to update, revise, or parenthetically correct the quirky and often fascinating prose of these nineteenth-century women. . . . The writing is rich with the sounds of common speech and jargon . . . and it should be a gold mine for students of everyday life."-John Mack Faragher, Western Historical Quarterly
"Covered Wagon Women is to be valued. . . . First, it brings together in a single edition a major collection of the diaries of overland women. . . . Second, this is probably the most perfectly documented edition a researcher will find."-Lillian Schlissel, Pacific Historical Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780803272774
Author Kenneth L. Holmes
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Bison Books
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 308g