Women and Men on the Overland Trail
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Women and Men on the Overland Trail by John Mack Faragher
An analysis of what the overland journey was really like for midwestern farm families in the mid-1800s. Through the use of contemporary diaries, memoirs and folk songs, the author dispels the common stereotypes of male and female roles and reveals the dynamics of pioneer family relationships.
"An enlightening study" American West "A helpful study which not only illuminates the daily life of rural Americans but which also begins to compensate for the male orientation of so much of western history." Journal of Social History Winner of the 1980 Frederick Jackson Turner Award offered by the Organization of American Historians."
John Mack Faragher is the Arthur Unobskey Professor of American History at Yale University. He is the author of Women and Men on the Overland Trail and Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie, both published by Yale University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300089240 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300089244 |
| Title | Women and Men on the Overland Trail |
| Author | John Mack Faragher |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2001-03-11 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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