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An engaging collection that represents the work of thirty-four writers who were originally published during the settlement years of the American frontier. Each selection is prefaced by informative biographical information.
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Published diaries and letters written by ordinary women undertaking extraordinary journeys into the western frontier of the 19th-century US are currently both popular and plentiful. Anthologies such as the multivolume Covered Wagon Women, ed. by Kenneth L. Holmes (1995- ), give voice to the hardships and triumphs of once mainly anonymous pioneering women. A complementary emphasis informs Miller's anthology, a collection of deliberately literary works intended, with some exceptions, for the reading public. A diverse group of 34 women writers--many of them Easterners--reflect in poems, fiction, memoirs, and travel essays their captivation with and the inspiration drawn from the landscapes and opportunities of the American West. Notable writers such as Margaret Fuller, Willa Cather, and Helen Hunt Jackson are represented alongside less-known figures such as Carrie Strahorn, Ina Donna Coolbirth, and Alice Henderson. Not simply paeans to the West, the selections examine substantive social, political, and racial themes and explore issues of identity, marriage, and autonomy. Although some excerpts are lamentably short, their literary quality and scope, plus Miller's excellent head notes, result in a worthwhile contribution to a growing body of western-themed collections of women's writing. All collections. J. K. Weinberger; Central Connecticut State University
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The 34 writers included in this impressive anthology originally published their fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and occasional writings during the settlement years of the American frontier. All of the women were professional authors at a time when women generally had difficulty finding publishers. Their abilities reinforced their physical isolation yet offered them outlets not available to most women and men. Miller, who lives in Arizona and has degrees in history, anthropology, and geology, has done a particularly fine job of finding voices that aren't often represented in frontier literatureDwomen of Native American, Hispanic, Chinese, and Anglo ethnicity are included. Each selection is preceded by a brief biographical and historical reference establishing context. Miller's admiration and respect for each author is evident. Recommended for women's studies, American studies, and frontier literature collections in academic and public libraries.DPam Kingsbury, Florence, AL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
目录
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. 3 |
(Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-a-quay) ("Rosa," "Leelinau") (Ojibwa) | p. 9 |
"The Origin of the Robin: An Oral Allegory" | p. 11 |
"The Forsaken Brother: A Chippewa Tale" | p. 13 |
("Mrs. Mary Clavers, an Actual Settler") | p. 17 |
from A New Home--Who'll Follow?; or, Glimpses of Western Life | |
Chapter X | p. 20 |
Chapter XI | p. 24 |
("Aunt Fanny") | p. 29 |
"Address to Woman's Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio, May 28, 1851" | p. 32 |
"Reminiscences by Frances D. Gage: Sojourner Truth" | p. 35 |
from Elsie Magoon; or, The Old Still-House in the Hollow: A Tale of the Past: Chapter XXI | p. 38 |
from Summer on the Lakes, in 1843: Chapter 3 | p. 48 |
from Memoirs of Mary A. Maverick, San Antonio's First American Woman: Chapter VII | p. 57 |
("Dame Shirley") | p. 61 |
"California, in 1851. Letter Third. A Trip into the Mines" | p. 63 |
"An Order for a Picture" | p. 72 |
"My Grandfather" | p. 75 |
"Our Homestead" | p. 87 |
"Homes for All (Plea for the Homeless)" | p. 88 |
"'The Barefoot Boy'" | p. 89 |
"Granny's House" | p. 90 |
from Souvenirs of My Time | p. 96 |
("H. H.," "Marah," "Saxe Holm") | p. 103 |
"Cheyenne Mountain" | p. 106 |
from "Echoes in the City of Angels" | p. 107 |
from Ramona: A Story: Chapter II | p. 115 |
from A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains: Letter VII | p. 125 |
("C. Loyal") | p. 137 |
from The Squatter and the Don: A Novel Descriptive of Contemporary Occurrences in California: Chapter III | p. 139 |
from "Personal Studies of Indian Life: Politics and 'Pipe-Dancing'" | p. 150 |
from "Personal Studies of Indian Life: Tribal Life among the Omahas" | p. 156 |
(Josephine Donna Smith) | p. 163 |
"California" | p. 166 |
"In the Grand Canon" | p. 170 |
"With a Wreath of Laurel" | p. 171 |
"Listening Back" | p. 172 |
from Tenting on the Plains; or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas: Chapter XV | p. 176 |
from "Boots and Saddles"; or, Life in Dakota with General Custer: Chapter XXIX | p. 180 |
(So-mit-tone, Thocmetony) (Paiute) | p. 185 |
"Letter from Sarah Winnemucca, an Educated Pah-Ute Woman" | p. 188 |
"The Pah-Utes" | p. 190 |
from Vanished Arizona: Recollections of My Army Life: Chapter XXIV | p. 200 |
Chapter XXIX | p. 203 |
"The Skeleton on Round Island" | p. 209 |
from "A California Mining Camp" | p. 220 |
from "Pictures of the Far West" | p. 226 |
"How the Pump Stopped at the Morning Watch" | p. 228 |
"Curfew Must Not Ring To-night" | p. 237 |
from The White Lady of La Jolla | p. 239 |
from Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage: A Woman's Unique Experience during Thirty Years of Path Finding and Pioneering from the Missouri to the Pacific and from Alaska to Mexico: Chapter III | p. 249 |
(Bright Eyes) (Omaha) | p. 257 |
"Nedawi" | p. 260 |
"The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo" | p. 271 |
("M. W. S.") | p. 277 |
from "Summer Canons" | p. 279 |
"A Cycle" | p. 283 |
from "Two Sonnets of Lost Love": II. Before Burial | p. 285 |
from The Biography of a Baby | p. 286 |
"California Colors" | p. 291 |
"Santa Clara Hills" | p. 291 |
"An Honest Woman" | p. 292 |
"Ashes of Roses" | p. 305 |
"The Wood-Chopper to His Ax" | p. 305 |
"Pima Tales" | p. 307 |
(Sui Sin Far) | p. 311 |
"Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian" | p. 313 |
Preface to The Land of Little Rain | p. 330 |
"Pahawitz-Na'an" | p. 332 |
"Neither Spirit nor Bird (Shoshone Love Song)" | p. 340 |
"Out West (The West)" | p. 344 |
"His Place" | p. 346 |
"Arizona" | p. 347 |
"The Fruit of the Yucca Tree" | p. 349 |
"Prairie Dawn" | p. 360 |
"Prairie Spring" | p. 360 |
from The Song of the Lark: Part IV | p. 361 |
"The Enchanted Bluff" | p. 363 |
"The Song of the Hopi Chief" | p. 375 |
"Lololomai's Prayer" | p. 379 |
(Zitkala-Sa) (Sioux) | p. 385 |
from "Impressions of an Indian Childhood" | |
I. My Mother | p. 387 |
VI. The Ground Squirrel | p. 389 |
from "The School Days of an Indian Girl" | |
V. Iron Routine | p. 391 |
VII. Incurring My Mother's Displeasure | p. 392 |
from "An Indian Teacher among Indians": III. My Mother's Curse upon White Settlers | p. 395 |
from "Letters of a Woman Homesteader" | p. 399 |
"Red Earth" | |
"Muy Vieja Mexicana" | p. 411 |
"On the Acequia Madre" | p. 412 |
"El Rito de Sante Fe" | p. 412 |
"Candle-Light and Sun" | |
"Candle-Light" | p. 414 |
"The Mask" | p. 414 |
"Rain-Prayer" | p. 414 |
"Fame" | p. 415 |
"Song of Sunlight" | p. 415 |
Notes | p. 417 |
Text Sources | p. 419 |
References and Suggestions for Further Reading | p. 423 |
General Sources | p. 441 |
Index | p. 445 |