The Gentle Tamers

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453274194

<B>A fascinating history of women on America&rsquo;s western frontier by the #1 <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author of <I>Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee</I>.</B><BR /><BR /> Popular culture has taught us to picture the Old West as a land of men, whether it&rsquo;s the lone hero on horseback or crowds of card players in a rough-and-tumble saloon. But the taming of the frontier involved plenty of women, too&mdash;and this book tells their stories.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> At first, female pioneers were indeed rare&mdash;when the town of Denver was founded in 1859, there were only five women among a population of almost a thousand. But the adventurers arrived, slowly but surely. There was Frances Grummond, a sheltered Southern girl who married a Yankee and traveled with him out west, only to lose him in a massacre. Esther Morris, a dignified middle-aged lady, held a tea party in South Pass City, Wyoming, that would play a role in the long, slow battle for women&rsquo;s suffrage. Josephine Meeker, an Oberlin College graduate, was determined to educate the Colorado Indians&mdash;but was captured by the Ute. And young Virginia Reed, only thirteen, set out for California as part of a group that would become known as the Donner Party.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> With tales of notables such as Elizabeth Custer, Carry Nation, and Lola Montez, this social history touches upon many familiar topics&mdash;from the early Mormons to the gold rush to the dawn of the railroads&mdash;with a new perspective. This enlightening and entertaining book goes beyond characters like Calamity Jane to reveal the true diversity of the great western migration of the nineteenth century.<BR /> &#160;<DIV><I>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</I></DIV>