Women of the Frontier: 16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders, Entrepreneurs, and Rabble-Rousersvolume 3
Brandon Marie Miller$16.96
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An Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
Using journal entries, letters home, and song lyrics, the women of the West speak for themselves in these tales of courage, enduring spirit, and adventure. Women such as Amelia Stewart Knight traveling on the Oregon Trail, homesteader Miriam Colt, entrepreneur Clara Brown, army wife Frances Grummond, actress Adah Isaacs Menken, naturalist Martha Maxwell, missionary Narcissa Whitman, and political activist Mary Lease are introduced to readers through their harrowing stories of journeying across the plains and mountains to unknown land. Recounting the impact pioneers had on those who were already living in the region as well as how they adapted to their new lives and the rugged, often dangerous landscape, this exploration also offers resources for further study and reveals how these influential women tamed the Wild West.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 02/01/2013
ISBN: 9781883052973
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.40w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Booklist 12/01/2012 pg. 45
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 01/07/2013 pg. 63
School Library Journal 02/01/2013 pg. 120
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2013 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 171568 / Women of the Frontier: 16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders, Entrepreneurs, and Rabble-Rousers
Reading Level: 8.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11
Using journal entries, letters home, and song lyrics, the women of the West speak for themselves in these tales of courage, enduring spirit, and adventure. Women such as Amelia Stewart Knight traveling on the Oregon Trail, homesteader Miriam Colt, entrepreneur Clara Brown, army wife Frances Grummond, actress Adah Isaacs Menken, naturalist Martha Maxwell, missionary Narcissa Whitman, and political activist Mary Lease are introduced to readers through their harrowing stories of journeying across the plains and mountains to unknown land. Recounting the impact pioneers had on those who were already living in the region as well as how they adapted to their new lives and the rugged, often dangerous landscape, this exploration also offers resources for further study and reveals how these influential women tamed the Wild West.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 02/01/2013
ISBN: 9781883052973
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.40w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Booklist 12/01/2012 pg. 45
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 01/07/2013 pg. 63
School Library Journal 02/01/2013 pg. 120
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2013 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 171568 / Women of the Frontier: 16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders, Entrepreneurs, and Rabble-Rousers
Reading Level: 8.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11