The Western Women's ReaderExplore 300 years of the American West with the women who have shaped its history This compelling anthology, edited by noted scholars Lillian Schlissel and Catherine Lavender, offers a broad range of writing, photography, and art from women of the American West. Selections of fiction, memoir, history, testimony, and poetry bring alive the rich and diverse traditions of life in the West, as seen through the eyes of the women who share a passion for this rugged region. With writings from the Great Plains, Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, the Rocky Mountains, the American Southwest, and the Fast West. |
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Homesites | 1 |
Landfall | 2 |
Grandmothers from The Ways of My Grandmothers | 8 |
Copyright | |
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