{"product_id":"covered-wagon-women-volume-10-diaries-and-letters-from-the-western-trails-1875-1883-paperback","title":"Covered Wagon Women, Volume 10: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1875-1883 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Duniway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth L. Holmes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElliott West\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty years after the legendary overland travels of Oregon pioneers in the 1840s, Lucy Clark Allen wrote, \"the excitement continues.\" Economic hard times in Minnesota sent Allen and her husband to Montana in hopes of evading the droughts, grasshoppers, and failed crops that had plagued their farm. Allen and her compatriots, in this volume of Covered Wagon Women, experience a much different journey than their predecessors. Many settlements now await those bound for the West, with amenities such as hotels and restaurants, as well as grain suppliers to provide feed for the horses and mules that had replaced the slower oxen in pulling wagons. Routes were clearly marked-some had been replaced entirely by railroad tracks. Nevertheless, many of the same dangers, fears, and aspirations confronted these dauntless women who traveled the overland trails. Elliott West is a professor of history at the University of Arkansas. His works include The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier, also available in a Bison Books edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty years after the legendary overland travels of Oregon pioneers in the 1840s, Lucy Clark Allen wrote, \"the excitement continues\". Economic hard times in Minnesota sent Allen and her husband to Montana in hopes of evading the droughts, grasshoppers, and failed crops that had plagued their farm. Allen and her compatriots, in this volume of Covered Wagon Women, experienced a journey much different than that of their predecessors. Many settlements now awaited those bound for the West, with amenities such as hotels and restaurants as well as grain suppliers to provide feed for the horses and mules that had replaced the slower oxen in pulling wagons. Routes were clearly marked -- some had been replaced entirely by railroad tracks. Nevertheless, many of the same dangers, fears, and aspirations confronted these dauntless women who traveled the overland trails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth L. Holmes was a professor of history at Western Oregon State College. He edited and compiled \u003ci\u003eCovered Wagon Women, \u003c\/i\u003e drawing on archives and private sources. Elliott West is a professor of history at the University of Arkansas. His works include \u003ci\u003eThe Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in a Bison Books edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 277\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52616132854067,"sku":"9780803272996","price":25.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aVJiU1BlVXdHaUxwMWFwNll4Tzh5UT09.webp?v=1761882925","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/covered-wagon-women-volume-10-diaries-and-letters-from-the-western-trails-1875-1883-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}