Women Of The West Paperback by Cathy Luchetti;Carol Olwell

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2001-06-05)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 240 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780393321555
• Item Weight: 780.19 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

“An authentic, refreshing and even inspiring view of life on the frontier.” —San Francisco Chronicle

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.

About the Author

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.