Traveling Women: Narrative Visions of Early America

by Susan Clair Imbarrato

Women's travel narratives recording journeys north and south along the eastern seaboard and west onto the Ohio frontier enhance our historical understanding of early America. Drawing extensively from primary sources, Traveling Women documents women's role in westward settlement and emphasizes travel as a culture-building event.

Susan Clair Imbarrato closely examines women's accounts of their journeys from 1700 to 1830, including Sarah Kemble...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082141674X
• ISBN13: 9780821416747
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"