The all-true travels and adventures of Lidie Newton
Subtitle: a novel
By: Jane Smiley
Edition: 1st Fawcett Books ed.
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780449910832
Subjects: Fiction; Women pioneers; Widows; Abolitionists; History
Description: Plain, independent Lidie Harkness, impatient with the restrictions placed on women in mid-nineteenth century Illinois, jumps at the chance to marry New England abolitionist Thomas Newton and travel with him to the Kansas Territory where they embark on a dangerous quest to stop the spread of slavery.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

Includes a reading group discussion guide [13 p.] after p. 452.