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Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1850
Covered Wagon Women Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1850
Author: Kenneth L. Holmes (Editor)
The personal diaries of women crossing America in covered wagons told of the ingenuity, courage, bravery , loneliness, fear, boredom, excitement and danger they encountered. They were called "overlanders." Margaret Frink's diary was a great discovery describing her observations of the choldra epidemic, the social encounters with th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780803272743
ISBN-10: 080327274X
Publication Date: 4/1/1996
Pages: 302
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Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Book Type: Paperback
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