{"product_id":"covered-wagon-women-volume-6-diaries-and-letters-from-the-western-trails-1853-1854-paperback","title":"Covered Wagon Women, Volume 6: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1853-1854 - 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\u003eUrsula Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We traveled this forenoon over the roughest and most desolate piece of ground that was ever made,\" wrote Amelia Knight during her 1853 wagon train journey to Oregon. Some of the parties who traveled with Knight were propelled by religious motives. Hannah King, an Englishwoman and Mormon convert, was headed for Salt Lake City. Her cultured, introspective diary touches on the feelings of sensitive people bound together in a stressful undertaking. Celinda Hines and Rachel Taylor were Methodists seeking their new Canaan in Oregon. Also Oregon-bound in 1853 were Sarah (Sally) Perkins, whose minimalist record cuts deep, and Eliza Butler Ground and Margaret Butler Smith, sisters who wrote revealing letters after arriving. Going to California in 1854 were Elizabeth Myrick, who wrote a no-nonsense diary, and the teenage Mary Burrell, whose wit and exuberance prevail. Introducing this Bison Books edition are Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, freelance writers living in Vermont. They collaborated on Women in Waiting: Life on the Home Frontier.\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. Introducing this Bison Books edition are Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, freelance writers living in Vermont. They collaborated on \u003ci\u003eWomen in Waiting: Life on the Home Frontier.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 291\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.02 x 5.09 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 February 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52445454598451,"sku":"9780803272958","price":27.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OVR4MzZyYmtUdndnVjhuWUJha1d5dz09.webp?v=1758963485","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/covered-wagon-women-volume-6-diaries-and-letters-from-the-western-trails-1853-1854-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}