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The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; Rachel Fisher, who buried both her husband and her little girl before reaching Oregon. Still others make themselves heard, starting out from different places and recording details along the way, from the mundane to the soul-shattering and spirit-lifting.
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Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890 11 volume set
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Arthur H Clark, Glendale, CA, 1983
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Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 11 Volume Set
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Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 11 Volume Set
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Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 11 Volume Set
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Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. First Edition. This 11 volume set with a total of 3,108 pages illustrated w/photos, maps, index in vol. 11, bibliography in teal green binding w gilt is in pristine condition. All books are first printing, first edition. This superb collection is out of print. The first volume is inscribed and signed by Holmes. An excellent acquisition for the serious collector or institutional library. Media Mail shipping ONLY. Extra charges for Priority! Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 014899
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Covered Wagon: Women Diaries and Letters
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Arthur H Clark, 1985
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete 11 volume set. Vol 1 - third printing, 1988. Vol 4 & 5 - second printing, 1991. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge stained. Text and images are unmarked. Volume 11 includes the Western Emigrant Trails map in the rear pocket affixed to the RFEP. Seller Inventory # BOSLERholCW
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Covered Wagon Women; Diaries & Letters from Western Trails 1840-1890. 11 Volumes
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Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, 1983
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. All eleven volumes are firsts publisher's prospectus laid in. Seller Inventory # 9017022