Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement: Life on the Home Frontier

by Linda Peavy

Book Overview

During the last half of the nineteenth century, thousands of men went west in search of gold, land, or adventure-leaving their wives to handle family, farm, and business affairs on their own. The experiences of these westering men have long been a part of the lore of the American frontier, but the stories of their wives have rarely been told. Ten years of research into public and private documents-including letters of couples separated during the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806126191
• ISBN13: 9780806126197
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"