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Women and Men on the Overland Trail
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A lively and penetrating analysis of what the overland journey was really like for midwestern farm families in the mid1800s
"Not only illuminates the daily life of rural Americans but . . . also begins to compensate for the male orientation of so much of western history.” —Journal of Social History
Through the subtle use of contemporary diaries, memoirs, and even folk songs, John Mack Faragher dispels the common stereotypes of male and female roles and reveals the dynamic of pioneer family ...
"Not only illuminates the daily life of rural Americans but . . . also begins to compensate for the male orientation of so much of western history.” —Journal of Social History
Through the subtle use of contemporary diaries, memoirs, and even folk songs, John Mack Faragher dispels the common stereotypes of male and female roles and reveals the dynamic of pioneer family ...