Three Strong Western Women

by Carol Sletten, Eric Kramer

Overview

This book contains the play "Three Strong Western Women" about Mormon handcart pioneer Emma Lee, the 17th plural wife of John D. Lee, the only man convicted in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, as well as the story of Minnie Guenther, a lifelong missionary on the White Mountain Apache Reservation who helped the tribe through devastating epidemics. The third woman is Lozen, an Apache warrior who rode with Geronimo. In addition to the play, the book contains 17 chapters of background and backstory information on the lives and times of the women.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148908715
Publisher:	Wolf Water Press
Publication date:	12/02/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	116
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Carol Sletten is an illustrator and writer who has studied and continues to study Apache culture and the history of the West through scholarship, interviews, friendships and community projects.

Her husband, Eric Kramer, is a successful journalist who rose to supervisory and managerial positions at the Associated Press, United Press International and Dow Jones &Co. while maintaining ties to rural Arizona.

They live and work in a cabin a mile from the Fort Apache Reservation in Arizona’s White Mountains.

Carol’s forthcoming project is a novel called The Apache Jesus, the story of a religious leader accused of murdering his wife after authorities began to fear his growing power.

Their Arizona Centennial Project was Story of the American West, Legends of Arizona. The book traces the pre-history and history of the White Mountains and surrounding area from the formation of the geology to the eve of World War II, recounting the lives of the Apaches, Mountain Men, Hispanics, Soldiers, Mormons, Cowboys, Blacks, Outlaws and others who struggled in one of the last untamed regions of the West.