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A Sweet, Separate Intimacy: Women Writers of the American Frontier, 1800-1922
A Sweet Separate Intimacy Women Writers of the American Frontier 18001922 Author:Susan Miller This diverse and comprehensive anthology of thirty-four writers who were originally published during the settlement years of the American frontier represents a spectacular addition to the growing canon of "recovered" writing by nineteenth and early twentieth century women. — Unlike other collections predominated by trail narratives of "westering"... more » women, A Sweet, Separate Intimacy covers a broad spectrum of genres and voices: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and occasional writings by women of Native American, Hispanic, Anglo,, and Chinese ethnicity. Each selection is preceded by a brief biographical and historical preface that contextualizes the engaging work of these indomitable women.« less