Items related to Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
From a rediscovered collection of priceless autobiographical accounts written by hundreds of pioneer women, Joanna Stratton has made a remarkable and widely celebrated book. Never before has there been such a detailed record of women's courage, such a living portrait of the women who civilized the American frontier. here are their stories: wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders, and circuit riders. Their personal recollections of prairie fires, locust plagues, cowboy shoot-outs, Indian raids, and blizzards on the plains vividly reveal the drama, danger and excitement of the pioneer experience.These were women of relentless determination, whose tenacity helped them to conquer lonliness and privation. Their work was the work of survival, it demanded as much from them as from their men - and at last that partnership has been recognized. "These voices are haunting" ( "New York Times Book Review" ), and they reveal the special heroism and industriousness of pioneer women as never before.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
Peter S. Prescott Newsweek Irresistible...uncommonly interesting...a remarkable distillation of invaluable primary sources.
Carolyn See Los Angeles Times Book Review Here are the voices of some of the most wonderful women you can imagine calling out from the past, telling about their lives. And no doubt about it, the 'pioneer women' lived eventful lives. All this is wonderful material, wonderful stuff.
Cleveland Plain Dealer A striking testimonial to the too often overlooked feminine half of the pioneer experience.
About the Author:
Carolyn See Los Angeles Times Book Review Here are the voices of some of the most wonderful women you can imagine calling out from the past, telling about their lives. And no doubt about it, the 'pioneer women' lived eventful lives. All this is wonderful material, wonderful stuff.
Cleveland Plain Dealer A striking testimonial to the too often overlooked feminine half of the pioneer experience.
Joanna L. Stratton was born and raised in Washington, D.C., but considers Kansas and her family there as her second home. She began her work on "Pioneer Women" while attending Harvard College, from which she graduated with honors in 1976. She is currently pursuing graduate studies at Stanford University.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0671447483
- ISBN 13 9780671447489
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
£ 4.43
Shipping:
£ 3.59
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Excellent condition. Interior is tight, bright and clean; no underlining, notes or highlighting. Binding is smooth and solid. Paperback cover is clean and sticker free. Minor scuffing and/or corner bumps on the paperback covers due to shelf wear. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. All items are carefully enclosed with bubble wrap. We ship promptly and worldwide via US Post and will email you a tracking number. Seller Inventory # SKU0064655
Buy New
£ 4.43
Convert currency
Seller Image
Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier by Joanna Stratton [Paperback ]
Published by
Touchstone
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0671447483
ISBN 13: 9780671447489
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780671447489
Buy New
£ 12.96
Convert currency
Stock Image
Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Published by
Touchstone
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0671447483
ISBN 13: 9780671447489
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9780671447489
Buy New
£ 10.12
Convert currency
Seller Image
Pioneer Women (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Touchstone Books 9/17/1982
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0671447483
ISBN 13: 9780671447489
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Pioneer Women 0.9. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780671447489
Buy New
£ 13.33
Convert currency
Stock Image
PIONEER WOMEN
Published by
Simon and Schuster
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0671447483
ISBN 13: 9780671447489
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0671447483
Buy New
£ 10.40
Convert currency
Stock Image
PIONEER WOMEN : Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Published by
Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
(1981)
ISBN 10: 0671447483
ISBN 13: 9780671447489
New
Soft cover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEW. First Edition, First Pinting. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace edge wear to soft cover. Author Joanna Stratton's grandmother Lilla Day Munroe moved from rural Indiana to Kansas in 1884 where she married and became the first woman to practice law before the Kansas Supreme Court. A leading proponent of women's suffrage, in 1920 she began to solicit remembraces of life experiences from women for an article . the response was overwhelming. Author Joanna Stratton will discover the letters in her grandmother's attic, and so we have an extradinary history of frontier times in Kansas from voices of women who lived it through. 15 chapters: 1,To the Stars Through Wilderness: The Journey; 2, Homes of Puncheon, Homes of Sod: The Settlement; 3, Aprons & Plows: Daily Life on the Prairie; 4, Days of Valor: Fighting the Wild; 5, Days of Darkness: Fighting the Elements; 6, The Clashings of Cultures: Indians; 7, A Social People; 8, A Prairie Childhoon; 9, Classrooms & Schoolmarms; 10, The Frontier Church; 11, The Frontier Town; 12, The Cow Town; 13, The Immigrant Community: Victoria; 14, The Wounds of War; and, 15, The Woman Crusaders: Temperance & Suffrage, followed by Appendix: Guide to the Lilla Day Monroe Collection of Pioneer Stories. Seller Inventory # 012086
Buy New
£ 10.30
Convert currency
Seller Image
Pioneer Women : Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 417716-n
Buy New
£ 12.94
Convert currency
Stock Image
Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0671447483xvz189zvxnew
Buy New
£ 15.64
Convert currency
Stock Image
Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-0671447483-new
Buy New
£ 15.64
Convert currency
Stock Image
Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Published by
Touchstone
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0671447483
ISBN 13: 9780671447489
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2416190094779
Buy New
£ 12.75
Convert currency