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Book Reviews of An Ordinary Woman : A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey

An Ordinary Woman : A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey
An Ordinary Woman A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey
Author: Cecelia Holland
ISBN-13: 9780312874179
ISBN-10: 0312874170
Publication Date: 4/7/2001
Pages: 224
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Forge Books
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed An Ordinary Woman : A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey on + 232 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Real good account of the beginings of California becoming part of the USA. Nancy Kelsey was the first caucasion woman to make it to CA. She mostly walked from Missouri to homestead in a better place. By the time she got there she had no shoes, no livestock, one shredded dress, a husband and baby. She had 2 stillborn babies on the way. What a woman!
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Helpful Score: 1
A very interesting and quick read. It amazed me to picture in my mind all the things this woman lived through. Definitely worth pausing to read and reflect upon!
reviewed An Ordinary Woman : A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey on + 51 more book reviews
IN THE SPRING OF 1841 A COURAGEOUS YOUNG WOMAN NAMED NANCY KELSEY SET OUT WITH HER HUSBAND AND INFANT DAUGHTER FROM MISSOURI HOMESTEAD ON A HARROWING TREK THAT WOULD LEAD HER INTO PAGES OF HISTORY. WITH A SMALL BAND OF PIONEERS THEY BLAZED A TRAIL THROUGH THE WILD CONTINENT TO FIND A NEW LIFE IN CALIFORNIA. BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
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Not my cup of tea.