num_pages: 234
description: "Sharlot Hall came to Arizona with her family from Kansas in 1881 at the age of eleven. . . . Margaret F. Maxwell's goal is to explain how "this Unadvantaged Young Person" was able to achieve so much. . . . This is a lovingly detailed biography of one of Arizona's most fascinating writers."-- Western Historical Quarterly "This well-documented biography of Arizona's poet laureate and territorial historian . . . is a significant new contribution to the history of Arizona's quest for her early identity."-- Arizona Highways "Maxwell has done a highly commendable job of piecing together, from a vast array of scattered sources, the life story of a remarkable frontier woman. It is a fascinating psychological study that the author wisely highlights with excerpts from Sharlot's expressive letters and poems."-- New Mexico Historical Review
language: English
title: A Passion for Freedom: The Life of Sharlot Hall
titlecomplete: A Passion for Freedom: The Life of Sharlot Hall
ratings_count: 10
publisher: University of Arizona Press