A home in the West, or, Emigration and its consequences
By: by M. Emilia Rockwell ; edited by Sharon E. Wood.
Contributors: Wood, Sharon E.
Series: A bur oak book
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Women immigrants -- Fiction.; Women pioneers -- Fiction.; Married women -- Fiction.; Iowa -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Home in the West; Emigration and its consequences
Description: "A Home in the West, first printed in Dubuque in 1858, is unique among emigration literature because it was directed at women, using the form of a sentimental domestic novel loaded with lots of tender words to encourage women to settle in the West."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.