WOMEN'S DIARIES OF THE WESTWARD JOURNEY: PREFACE BY Carl N. Degler
by Schlissel, Lillian
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- Hardcover
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- Light brown cloth covered boards. Fine, in very good dust wrapper
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About This Item
New York: Schocken Books, 1982. Hardcover. Light brown cloth covered boards. Fine, in very good dust wrapper. 262 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Drawing from four diaries, the author provides a unique first-hand portrait of the integral role women shouldered during the gold rush. Includes 48 photographs. Interior and boards clean and crisp. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed.
Synopsis
Lillian Schlissel is Professor Emerita at Brooklyn College. She is the coeditor of Far from Home: Families of the Westward Journey and of The Western Women’s Reader . She lives in New York City.
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- Title
- WOMEN'S DIARIES OF THE WESTWARD JOURNEY
- Author
- Schlissel, Lillian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light brown cloth covered boards. Fine, in very good dust wrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Schocken Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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