Winter quarters [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910213819103321
• Autore: Ward Maurine
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Logan, : Utah State University Press, 1996
• ISBN: 0-87421-302-9; 0-585-09848-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Collana: Life Writings Frontier Women
• Disciplina: 978.02; 978.02092; 978/.02/092
• Soggetti: Missouri River Valley -- Biography; Mormon women -- Missouri River Valley -- Biography; Mormons -- Missouri River Valley -- Biography; Pioneers -- Missouri River Valley -- Biography; Richards, Mary Haskin Parker, 1823-1860; Women pioneers -- Missouri River Valley -- Biography; Women pioneers - Missouri River Valley; Latter Day Saint women - Missouri River Valley; Pioneers - Missouri River Valley; Latter Day Saint pioneers - Missouri River Valley; United States Local History; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology; Missouri River Valley Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Fabric of Life; 2. A Scribe for the Women; 3. ""One of the Most beautyfull valeys""; 4. ""Weept about an houre & ...felt some better""; 5. Sleeping on the ""soft side of a bord""; 6. ""Our tent was crowded all day with folks coming in""; 7. ""These Hills are the Works of thy hands""; 8. 'Tis when I an Sick that I miss you the most""; 9. As ""a steam Boat hove in sight""; ; Bibliographical Register; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Volume 1, Life Writings of Frontier Women series, edited by Maureen Ursenbach BeecherMary Richard's journals and letters record a young woman's rare, but richly detailed view of life in the temporary Mormon pioneer communities in Iowa.