Lady's Choice: Ethel Waxham's Journals and Letters, 1905-1910 - Softcover

Waxham, Ethel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826317863 ISBN 13: 9780826317865

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 1996

Synopsis

When John McPhee discovered these journals he found that Ethel Waxham wrote "with such wit, insight, grace, irony, compassion, sarcasm, stylistic elegance, and embracing humor that I could not resist her." Waxham was a Wellesley graduate who decided in 1905 to accept a teaching job at a one-room school in Wyoming. Viewers of the the PBS series "The West," in which this material was used, will enjoy this intimate look at her five-year courtship by John Love and her attempts, as well as those of her college-educated friends, to pursue higher education and a career.

"These letters are among the treasures of American history, bringing to life an adventurous, quick witted woman and the laconic but determined man who wooed and won her. Together, the Loves redefine our understanding of the American Dream and what it took to win the West."--Geoffrey C. Ward and Dayton Duncan, coauthors, The West (PBS).

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A rich portrait of a woman's life in the American West of the early 1900s--a love story that reads like a novel.

About the Author:

Barbara Love and Frances Love Froidevaux are the granddaughters of Ethel Waxham Love. Both are educators. John McPhee's most recent book is The Second John McPhee Reader. Charles E. Rankin is the editor of Montana: The Magazine of Western History.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0826317863
• ISBN 13: 9780826317865
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 394
• Editor: Love Barbara, Froidevaux Frances Love