Frontier children
By: Linda Peavy & Ursula Smith ; foreword by Elliott West.
Contributors: Smith, Ursula, 1934-
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Pioneer children -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.; West (U.S.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Description: "Enriched by over 200 vintage photographs, Frontier Children is a visual and verbal montage of childhood in the nineteenth-century West. From a wide range of primary and secondary sources, Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, well known for their books on western women, have brought together stories and images that erase the stereotypes and bring to life the infinite variety of the experience of growing up in the American West."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.