Woman in the wilderness
Subtitle: letters of Harriet Wood Wheeler, missionary wife, 1832-1892
By: Nancy Bunge.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780870139789
Subjects: Wheeler, Harriet Wood, -- 1816-1894; Wheeler, Harriet Wood, -- 1816-1894 -- Correspondence; Wheeler, Harriet Wood, -- 1816-1894 -- Family; Women pioneers -- Wisconsin -- Biography; Missionaries' spouses -- Wisconsin -- Biography; Ojibwa Indians -- Missions -- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin; Women -- Education -- United States -- Case studies; Wisconsin -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Correspondence; Biography; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preparation for the journey; title: The reality of mission life; title: Building a home alone in the forest; title: Standing with the Ojibwe against removal and smallpox; title: Struggling against sickness; title: Harriet's children; title: Life without a mission.