Carol F. (cactusflowerwomen) reviewed on 1/31/2012 + 628 more book reviews

This is a personal account of life in mining camps of the west written by the wife of a mining engineer, George Backus. They met at UC Berkeley where they were both students. She traveled to marry him and lived with him at several mining camps in Idaho, British Columbia, Telluride and other Colorado camps, and raised 2 children. It reads like fiction, though about the only character development is about the author. I was hoping for more adventure and to learn more about the hardships of the miners themselves. There was plenty of hardship, deprivation and unbelievable hardships, and I was broken hearted at the treatment of the animals. Definitely a good historical read.

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