Women and men on the Overland Trail
By: John Mack Faragher.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Yale Nota Bene
Publisher: Yale Nota Bene; Yale University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: U.S; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Family -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Women -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Description: "This book offers a lively and penetrating analysis of what the overland journey was really like for midwestern farm families in the mid-1800s. Through the subtle use of contemporary diaries, memoirs, and even folk songs, John Mack Faragher dispels the common stereotypes of male and female roles and reveals the dynamic of pioneer family relationships. This edition includes a new preface in which Faragher looks back on the social context in which he formulated his original thesis.

There is also a new supplemental bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Previous ed.: 1979.

Includes bibliographical references and index.