Letters by Lamplight: A Woman's View of Everyday Life in South Texas, 1873-1883
Through letters written by one family in post-Reconstruction Texas, Myers shows what life was like in this part of the Old West from a feminine perspective. The detailed letters of joy and struggle on the frontier remind us, Myers points out, that "broad historical events... are made up of myriad ordinary lives."

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Letters by Lamplight: A Woman's View of Everyday Life in South Texas, 1873-1883
Through letters written by one family in post-Reconstruction Texas, Myers shows what life was like in this part of the Old West from a feminine perspective. The detailed letters of joy and struggle on the frontier remind us, Myers points out, that "broad historical events... are made up of myriad ordinary lives."

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Letters by Lamplight: A Woman's View of Everyday Life in South Texas, 1873-1883

Letters by Lamplight: A Woman's View of Everyday Life in South Texas, 1873-1883

by Lois E. Myers
Letters by Lamplight: A Woman's View of Everyday Life in South Texas, 1873-1883

Letters by Lamplight: A Woman's View of Everyday Life in South Texas, 1873-1883

by Lois E. Myers

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Through letters written by one family in post-Reconstruction Texas, Myers shows what life was like in this part of the Old West from a feminine perspective. The detailed letters of joy and struggle on the frontier remind us, Myers points out, that "broad historical events... are made up of myriad ordinary lives."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780918954695
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Publication date: 06/01/1998
Pages: 222
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.65(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Lois E. Myers is Associate Director of the Baylor Institute for Oral History and Secretary of the Texas Oral History Association.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Write Often, Telling Everything

Refugio County, 1852-1877

2. A Smiling Providence

Victoria County, November 1877-September 1881

3. A New Lease on Life

Uvalde County, October 1881-March 1882

4. Grace to Conquer

Edwards County, April 1882-March 1884

Afterword

Appendix: Genealogy of Anna Louisa Wellington and William Clinton Stoner

Notes

Works Cited

Index

What People are Saying About This

... a rewarding glimpse into everyday life on the frontier.

Janet Neugebauer

If you have ever been fascinated by old family letters and wondered about the rest of the story, you'll appreciate Letters by Lamplight... Just as they bonded Anna to her extended family, those [letters] bond twentieth century readers with their pioneer counterparts.

Judyth Rigler

... a rewarding glimpse into everyday life on the frontier.

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