Best of Covered Wagon Women

by Kenneth L. Holmes

The diaries and letters of women who braved the overland trails during the great nineteenth-century westward migration are treasured documents in the study of the American West. These eight firsthand accounts are among the best ever written. They were selected for the power with which they portray the hardship, adventure, and boundless love for friends and family that characterized the overland experience. Some were written with the skilled pens of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806139145
• ISBN13: 9780806139142
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"