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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807462003321

Autore

Litz Joyce <1928->

Titolo

The Montana frontier [[electronic resource] ] : one woman's West / / Joyce Litz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2004

ISBN

1-283-63523-2

0-8263-3122-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

978.6/03/092

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Soggetti

Women pioneers - Montana - Giltedge Region

Pioneers - Montana - Giltedge Region

Frontier and pioneer life - Montana - Giltedge Region

Ranch life - Montana - Giltedge Region

Giltedge Region (Mont.) Social life and customs 19th century

Giltedge Region (Mont.) Social life and customs 20th century

Giltedge Region (Mont.) Biography

Montana Social life and customs 19th century

Montana Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; 1: The Pedestrian; 2: From Connecticut to London; 3: Paris Interlude; 4: In Old New York; 5: Out and About; 6: The Female Condition; 7: In Search Of . . .; 8: A Pause for Consideration; 9: Resolution; 10: After Marriage Arrives a Reaction; 11: A Rude Awakening; 12: The Road to Gilt Edge; 13: Far from the Madding Crowd; 14: Gilt Edge: A Law Unto Itself; 15: The Bewitching Mrs. Gay; 16: End of the Jawbone Line; 17: A Wish for Bliss without Alloy; 18: A Question of Attitude; 19: Urban Life; 20: No Ordinary Sight; 21: Through a Glass Darkly

22: New Beginnings23: Starting a Ranch from Scratch; 24: Life Is as Water; 25: Riding the Range; 26: Neighboring in Lonesome Places; 27: More Than Pets; 28: A Day in the Life of an Idle Ranch Woman; 29: And



the Earth . . . Shall Be Iron; 30: No Turning Back; 31: A Bit of Sustenance; 32: Never a Winning Hand; Afterword: Darkness Lowers; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Taken from the journals of a Victorian-era woman who followed her husband from New York to a small town in Montana, these reflections include birth control and child rearing, gambling and prostitution, education and health care in the Mountain West.