Writing the Trail: Five Women's Frontier Narratives
“In Writing the Trail, Deborah Lawrence’s thoughtfully rendered portraits of five westering women poignantly depict the dynamic interplay between traveler and frontier lands. In a clear, accessible style, Lawrence casts these compelling, memorable narratives and shows us the West from a decidedly woman’s perspective.”---Susan Imbarrato, author, Traveling Women: Narrative Visions of Early America“Deborah Lawrence effectively translates scholarship into lucid prose that interconnects history, biography, analysis, and scholarship. She breaks new ground with her selection of writers and gives us fresh insight into the cultural dynamics of an age as well as the evolution of modern, industrial, and postindustrial American life. Writing the Trail is a significant contribution to women’s studies, American literature, American western literature, and memoir/life-writing studies.”---Susan Naramore Maher, professor and chair, University of Nebraska at Omaha