Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillian Schlissel

In her new foreword, Professor Mary Clearman Blew explores the enduring fascination with this subject among both historians and the general public, and places Schlissel's groundbreaking work into an intriguing historical and cultural context. Schlissel, Lillian 4.03 avg rating (1,348 ratings by Goodreads) Softcover ISBN 10: 0805211764ISBN 13: 9780805211764 Publisher: Schocken, 2004 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. Still (and often under the disapproving eyes of their husbands) they found time to write brave letters home or to jot a few weary lines at night into the diaries that continue to enthrall us. Through the diaries, letters, and reminiscences of women who participated in this migration, Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey gives us primary source material on the lives of these women, who kept campfires burning with buffalo chips and dried weeds, gave birth to and cared for children along primitive and dangerous roads, drove teams of oxen, picked berries, milked cows, and cooked meals in the middle of a wilderness that was a far cry from the homes they had left back east. First published in 1982, it seems to have been reissued at least twice, and you should be able to find a copy at your library. Lillian Schlissel Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey Paperback Januby Lillian Schlissel (Author) 199 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 14.99 - 76.60 8 Used from 10.99 2 New from 76.60 1 Collectible from 5.00 Paperback from 8.00 1 Used from 8. The frontiersmen have become an integral part of our history and folklore, but the Westering experiences of American women are equally central to an accurate picture of what life was like on the frontier. The author has reviewed and analyzed a number of diaries written by women who made the journey toward the west coast. More than a quarter of a million Americans crossed the continental United States between 18, going west in one of the greatest migrations of modern times.

Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillian Schlissel