Nothing daunted
Subtitle: the unexpected education of two society girls in the West
By: Dorothy Wickenden
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781439176580; 9781439176597; 9781439176603
Subjects: Education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; Teachers; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; Biography; History
Description: "A captivating book about Dorothy Wickenden's grandmother, who left her affluent East Coast life to "rough it" as a teacher in Colorado in 1916"-- Provided by publisher.

"A captivating full-length book derived from a widely read and much beloved New Yorker piece about Wickenden's grandmother and her grandmother's best friend who left their affluent East Coast lives to "rough it" as teachers in the wilds of Colorado in 1916"-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Part one : Beginnings.; title: Overland journey; title: The girls from Auburn; title: "A funny, scraggly place"; title: "Refined, intelligent gentlewomen"; title: Part two : Old World and New.; title: Unfenced; title: The grand tour; title: Ferry's scheme; title: Departure; title: Hell Hill; title: Part three : Working Girls.; title: Turnips and tears; title: The mad ladies of Strawberry Park; title: Debut; title: Part four : Reckonings.; title: The cream of Routt County; title: "Unarmed and defenseless"; title: "The dark days are very few"; title: Three-wire winter; title: Commencement; title: Epilogue