Mary Hallock Foote
Subtitle: author-illustrator of the American West
By: Darlis A. Miller.
Series: The Oklahoma western biographies ;; v. 19
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Foote, Mary Hallock, 1847-1938.; Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.; Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Illustrators -- United States -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Women and literature -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- In literature.; West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Devoted wife and mother. Acclaimed novelist, illustrator, and interpreter of the American West. At a time when society expected women to concentrate on family and hearth, Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938) published twelve novels, four short story collections, almost two dozen stories and essays, and innumerable illustrations. In Mary Hallock Foote, Darlis A. Miller examines the life of this gifted and spirited woman from the East as she adapted herself and her artistic vision to the West."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-282) and index.