Ho for California!: Women’s Overland Diaries from the Huntington Library (The Huntington Library Classics) - Softcover
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The five diaries presented here reflect the experiences of five different women, on three of the major westward routes in the middle of the nineteenth century—across Panama in 1849, the California or northern route in the 1850s, and the Gila or southern trail in the post-Civil War period. As individual as the women who wrote them, the diaries are alike in one respect: they explode the stereotype of the westering woman. The reader will find neither the sunbonnet saint, striding grimly forward undaunted by the dangers ahead, nor the timorous and reluctant voyager living in dread of Indians and wild beasts. The self-perceptions of these women are as varied as those of male writers, as these diaries vividly illustrate. Women's diaries are comparatively rare, and this book includes five of unusual interest. They reveal yet another aspect of America's frontier saga.
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About the Author
Sandra L. Myres (1933-1991) was professor of history at the University of Texas in Arlington. Her published works include Calvary Wife: The Diary of Eveline Alexander and Westering Women and the Frontier Experience.
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An excellent presentation of an often overlooked aspect of western emigrant history. -- Utah Historical Quarterly
An important primary resource and a valuable addition to the library of any collector of Western Americana. -- California History
Eminently readable...a must for every Western history enthusiast, as well as for all research, college, and Western libraries. -- Arizona and the West
This well-organized and handsomely designed volume is an important primary resource and a valuable addition to the library of any collector of Western Americana. -- California History
This well-organized volume is an important resource and a valuable addition to the library of any collector of Western Americana. -- California History
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- PublisherHuntington Library Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0873281195
- ISBN 13 9780873281195
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number6
- Number of pages320
- EditorMyres Sandra L.
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