Covered Wagon Women Volume 11

Author : Kenneth L. Holmes,David Duniway,Katherine Morrissey
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803273002

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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 11 by Kenneth L. Holmes,David Duniway,Katherine Morrissey Pdf

The stories seem simple?they left, they traveled, they settled?yet the restless westering impulse of Americans created one of the most enduring figures in our frontier pantheon: theøhardy pioneer persevering against all odds. Undeterred by storms, ruthless bandits, towering mountains, and raging epidemics, the women in these volumes suggest why the pioneer represented the highest ideals and aspirations of a young nation. In this concluding volume of the Covered Wagon Women series, we see the final animal-powered overland migrations that were even then yielding to railroad travel and, in a few short years, to the automobile. The diaries and letters resonate with the vigor and spirit that made possible the settling and community-building of the American West.

Author : Kenneth L. Holmes,David Duniway
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 080327291X

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Covered Wagon Women: 1852, The California Trail by Kenneth L. Holmes,David Duniway Pdf

In 1852 a record number of women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous western trails. The fourth volume of Covered Wagon Women is devoted to families headed for California that year. Diaries and letters of six pioneer women describe the rigors en route, trailside celebrations and tragedies, the scourge of cholera, and encounters with the Indians.

Author : Kenneth L. Holmes
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496225542

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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 1 by Kenneth L. Holmes Pdf

The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; Rachel Fisher, who buried both her husband and her little girl before reaching Oregon. Still others make themselves heard, starting out from different places and recording details along the way, from the mundane to the soul-shattering and spirit-lifting.

Author : Lillian Schlissel
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307803177

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Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillian Schlissel Pdf

An expanded edition of one of the most original and provocative works of American history of the last decade, which documents the pioneering experiences and grit of American frontier women.

Author : Kenneth L. Holmes
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806183022

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Best of Covered Wagon Women by Kenneth L. Holmes Pdf

The diaries and letters of women on the overland trails in the mid- to late nineteenth century are treasured documents. These eleven selections drawn from the multivolume Covered Wagon Women series present the best first-person trail accounts penned by women in their teens who traveled west between 1846 and 1898. Ranging in age from eleven to nineteen, unmarried and without children of their own, these diarists had experiences different from those of older women who carried heavier responsibilities with them on the trail. These letters and diaries reflect both the unique perspective of youthful optimism and the experiences common among all female emigrants. The young women write of friendship and family, trail hardships, and explorations such as visits to Indian gravesites. Some like Sallie Hester even write of enjoying the company of men, and many speculate about marriage prospects. Domestic roles did not define the girls’ trail experience; only the four oldest in this collection recorded helping with chores. As they journey through Indian lands, these writers show that even their youth did not prevent them from holding notions of white racial superiority. Two of the selections are newly published, having appeared only in limited-distribution collector’s editions of the original series. For all readers captivated by the first Best of Covered Wagon Women collection, this new volume’s focus on youthful travelers adds a fresh perspective to life on the trail.

Author : Sarah Raymond Herndon
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783387084771

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Days on the Road; Crossing the Plains in 1865 by Sarah Raymond Herndon Pdf

Author : Paul Erickson
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0613028384

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Daily Life in a Covered Wagon by Paul Erickson Pdf

Describes what it was like traveling on the Oregon Trail, including what travelers ate, wore, and saw along the route

Author : Kenneth L. Holmes
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496225566

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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 2 by Kenneth L. Holmes Pdf

The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; Rachel Fisher, who buried both her husband and her little girl before reaching Oregon. Still others make themselves heard, starting out from different places and recording details along the way, from the mundane to the soul-shattering and spirit-lifting.

Author : Mary Jane Auch
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998-11-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780440414919

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Journey to Nowhere by Mary Jane Auch Pdf

In the spring of 1815, Remembrance "Mem" Nye and her family set off in a covered wagon from their farm in Connecticut to the western New York wilderness. Mem and her mother see it as a journey to nowhere since there won't be any houses or neighbors, just endless forest. Their journey is filled with the uncertain danger of wild animals, raging storms, and cruel strangers. When Mem is unexpectedly separated from her family, she must face every danger alone while hoping to find her family again.

Author : Kenneth L. Holmes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : OCLC:174043689

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Covered Wagon Women by Kenneth L. Holmes Pdf

Author : Susan G. Butruille
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : 0963483986

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Women's Voices from the Oregon Trail by Susan G. Butruille Pdf

Tracing the trail and tracking down and writing about places of interest about women: landmarks, statues, signposts, markers, gravestones.

Author : Alison Green
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780399181825

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Ask a Manager by Alison Green Pdf

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Author : Robert B. McFarland,Michelle Stott James
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781571135865

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Sophie Discovers Amerika by Robert B. McFarland,Michelle Stott James Pdf

Cultural and literary historians investigate the unique literary bridge between German-speaking women and the "New World," examining novels, films, travel literature, poetry, erotica, and photography. In a 1798 novel by Sophie von La Roche, a European woman swims across a cold North American lake seeking help from the local indigenous tribe to deliver a baby. In a 2008 San Francisco travel guide, Milena Moser, the self-proclaimed "Patron Saint of Desperate Swiss Housewives," ponders the guilty pleasures of a media-saturated world. Wildly disparate, these two texts reveal the historical arc of a much larger literary constellation: the literature of German-speaking women who interact with the New World. In this volume, cultural historians from around the world investigate this unique literary bridge between two hemispheres, focusing on New-World texts written by female authors from Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. Encompassing a broad range of genres including novels, films, travel literature, poetry, erotica, and even photography, the essays include women's experiences across both American continents. Many of the primary literary texts discussed in this volume are available in the online collections of Sophie: A Digital Library of Works by German-Speaking Women (http: //sophie.byu.edu/). Contributors: Christiane Arndt, Karin Baumgartner, Ute Bettray, Ulrike Brisson, Carola Daffner, Denise M. Della Rossa, Linda Dietrick, Silke R. Falkner, Maureen O. Gallagher, Nicole Grewling, Monika Hohbein-Deegen, Gabi Kathöfer, Thomas W. Kniesche, Julie Koser, Judith E. Martin, Sarah C. Reed, Christine Rinne, Tom Spencer, Florentine Strzelczyk, David Tingey, Petra Watzke, Chantal Wright. Rob McFarland and Michelle Stott James are both Associate Professors of German at Brigham Young University.

Author : Kenneth L. Holmes,David Duniway
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803272952

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Covered Wagon Women: 1853-1854 by Kenneth L. Holmes,David Duniway Pdf

“We traveled this forenoon over the roughest and most desolate piece of ground that was ever made,” wrote Amelia Knight during her 1853 wagon train journey to Oregon. Some of the parties who traveled with Knight were propelled by religious motives. Hannah King, an Englishwoman and Mormon convert, was headed for Salt Lake City. Her cultured, introspective diary touches on the feelings of sensitive people bound together in a stressful undertaking. Celinda Hines and Rachel Taylor were Methodists seeking their new Canaan in Oregon. Also Oregon-bound in 1853 were Sarah (Sally) Perkins, whose minimalist record cuts deep, and Eliza Butler Ground and Margaret Butler Smith, sisters who wrote revealing letters after arriving. Going to California in 1854 were Elizabeth Myrick, who wrote a no-nonsense diary, and the teenage Mary Burrell, whose wit and exuberance prevail.

Author : Lauraine Snelling
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441203182

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An Untamed Land (Red River of the North Book #1) by Lauraine Snelling Pdf

Proud of Their Heritage and Sustained by Their Faith, They Came to Tame a New Land She had promised herself that once they left the fjords of Norway, she would not look back. After three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund, along with their son, Thorliff, finally arrive at the docks of New York City. It was the promise of free land that fed their dream and lured them from their beloved home high above the fjords of Norway in 1880. Together with Roald's brother Carl and his family, they will build a good life in a new land that promises untold wealth and vast farmsteads for their children. As they join the throngs of countless immigrants passing through Castle Garden, they soon discover that nothing is as they had envisioned it. Appalled by the horrid stories of fellow immigrants bilked of all their money and forced to live in squalid living conditions, the Bjorklunds continue their long journey by train as far as Grand Forks. From there a covered wagon takes them into Dakota Territory, where they settle on the banks of the Red River. But there was no way for them to foresee the price they will have to pay to wrest a living from the indomitable land. The virgin prairie refuses to yield its treasure without a struggle. Will they be strong enough to overcome the hardships of that first winter?