Undaunted: A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas Volume 20

by Charles H. Russell

Book Overview

Elise Waerenskjold is known to fans of Texas women writers as "the lady with the pen," from the title of a book of her writings. A forward-looking journalist, she sent letters and articles back to Norway that encouraged others to follow her footsteps to Texas, where a small colony of Norwegian settlers were making a new life alongside--but distinct from--other European immigrants.

Undaunted is the first full biography of Waerenskjold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623493498
• ISBN13: 9781623493493
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"