"Includes "writings of more than a hundred women" who experienced the "trip across the continent.""
"Includes "writings of more than a hundred women" who experienced the "trip across the continent.""@en
"Revised edition includes material on "young girls ... between eight and sixteen for whom the monumental crossing was a lark.""
"Revised edition includes material on "young girls ... between eight and sixteen for whom the monumental crossing was a lark.""@en
"Describes the courage of American women who journeyed West between 1840 and 1870."
"Information on the dozens of women who recorded their trek across the American West in the 19th century."@en
"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. From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
"More than a quarter of a million Americans crossed the continental United States between 1840 and 1870 in one of the greatest migrations of modern times. The men of the rugged frontier have become an integral part of our history and folklore, but pioneering was, in fact, a family matter, and the westering experiences of American women are central to an accurate picture of what life was like on the frontier."@en