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About the Author
Lillian Schlissel is a professor emerita of English and American Studies at Brooklyn College-CUNY. She is the author of numerous books, including The Western Women's Reader (with Catherine Lavender) and Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes in the Old West. Byrd Gibbens is a professor of English at the University of New Mexico, Valencia campus, and the author of This Is a Strange Country: Letters of a Western Family 1880-1906.Elizabeth Hampsten is a professor of English at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and the author of Settlers' Children: Growing Up on the Great Plains.
Reviews
An immensely readable book that peers closely into the lives of ordinary American frontier families."-Booklist
"The voices that emerge here eloquently tell [their] tale."-New Yorker
"One of the enduring myths of the Westward movement is the happy ending: families that survived the arduous journey found a rewarding new life despite hardships. . . . Here is a story of appalling poverty, feelings of inferiority, lack of communication. These are sad, even tragic, tales about women and family life on the frontier."-Publishers Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9780803292956
Author Lillian Schlissel
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 386g
About the Author
Lillian Schlissel is a professor emerita of English and American Studies at Brooklyn College-CUNY. She is the author of numerous books, including The Western Women's Reader (with Catherine Lavender) and Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes in the Old West. Byrd Gibbens is a professor of English at the University of New Mexico, Valencia campus, and the author of This Is a Strange Country: Letters of a Western Family 1880-1906.Elizabeth Hampsten is a professor of English at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and the author of Settlers' Children: Growing Up on the Great Plains.
Reviews
An immensely readable book that peers closely into the lives of ordinary American frontier families."-Booklist
"The voices that emerge here eloquently tell [their] tale."-New Yorker
"One of the enduring myths of the Westward movement is the happy ending: families that survived the arduous journey found a rewarding new life despite hardships. . . . Here is a story of appalling poverty, feelings of inferiority, lack of communication. These are sad, even tragic, tales about women and family life on the frontier."-Publishers Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9780803292956
Author Lillian Schlissel
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 386g
