Winter quarters the 1846-1848 life writings of Mary Haskin Parker Richards
Title:
Winter quarters the 1846-1848 life writings of Mary Haskin Parker Richards
Author:
Richards, Mary Haskin Parker, 1823-1860.
ISBN:
9780874213027
9780585098487
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Publication Information:
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1996.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 336 p.) : ill., maps.
Series:
Life writings of frontier women ; v. 1
Life writings of frontier women ; v. 1.
Contents:
Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Fabric of Life; 2. A Scribe for the Women; 3. "One of the Most beautyfull valeys"; 4. "Weept about an houre & ...felt some better"; 5. Sleeping on the "soft side of a bord"; 6. "Our tent was crowded all day with folks coming in"; 7. "These Hills are the Works of thy hands"; 8. 'Tis when I an Sick that I miss you the most"; 9. As "a steam Boat hove in sight"; Bibliographical Register; Notes; Index;
Abstract:
Mary Richard's journals and letters record a young woman's rare, but richly detailed view of life in the temporary Mormon pioneer communities in Iowa.
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