Women of the West by Cathy Luchetti
Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. A myth-shattering look at the women who helped to settle the West, told through their own words and illustrated with 150 period photographs. Through these photos, plus diaries, memoirs, letters, and journals, Women of the West introduces 11 real frontier women whose words combine to re-create a place and time when resourcefulness and courage were demanded of everyone. This is American history, not as it was romanticized, but as it was lived.
"Anyone interested in American history should read [this]" -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"The focus on minority women gives this overview . . . a human appeal rarely touched in most history books of the westward expansion." -- Kansas City Star
"An elegant connective narrative and 150 remarkable photographs put . . . the [nineteenth] century’s history in more realistic perspective." -- Los Angeles Times
"Handled with a very human touch throughout." -- Seattle Times
"The focus on minority women gives this overview . . . a human appeal rarely touched in most history books of the westward expansion." -- Kansas City Star
"An elegant connective narrative and 150 remarkable photographs put . . . the [nineteenth] century’s history in more realistic perspective." -- Los Angeles Times
"Handled with a very human touch throughout." -- Seattle Times
Cathy Luchetti is the author of numerous works including Women of the West, Children of the West, and Home on the Range. She lives in Oakland, California. Carol Olwell is the author of Gardening from the Heart and the coauthor of A Gift to the Street.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393321555 |
| ISBN 10 | 039332155X |
| Title | Women of the West |
| Author | Cathy Luchetti |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2001-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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