LEADER 03354nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910814555903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-58729-730-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000575955 035 $a(EBL)843201 035 $a(OCoLC)609443834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000275396 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954791 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275396 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10344234 035 $a(PQKB)10358063 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843201 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9230 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843201 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354443 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000575955 100 $a20060414d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriting the trail $efive women's frontier narratives /$fDeborah Lawrence 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (171 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-509-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [145]-154) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Susan Shelby Magoffin: A Wandering Princess on the Santa Fe Trail; Sarah Bayliss Royce: A Narrative of Frontier Housekeeping; Louise Smith Clappe: A Feminine View of the Elephant; Eliza Burhans Farnham: At Home in the California Wilderness; Lydia Spencer Lane: The Tender Recollections of an Old Soldier; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aFor a long time, the American West was mainly identified with white masculinity, but as more women's narratives of westward expansion came to light, scholars revised purely patriarchal interpretations. Writing the Trail continues in this vein by providing a comparative literary analysis of five frontier narratives---Susan Magoffin's Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico, Sarah Royce's A Frontier Lady, Louise Clappe's The Shirley Letters, Eliza Farnham's California, In-doors and Out, and Lydia Spencer Lane's I Married a Soldier---to explore the ways in which women's responses to the western e 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zWest (U.S.)$vSources 606 $aWomen pioneers$zWest (U.S.)$vBiography 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life in literature 606 $aFirst person narrative$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century$vSources 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aSex role$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century$vSources 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y1848-1860$vSources 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y1860-1890$vSources 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 615 0$aWomen pioneers 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life in literature. 615 0$aFirst person narrative$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen$xHistory 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aSex role$xHistory 676 $a978 700 $aLawrence$b Deborah$01701240 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814555903321 996 $aWriting the trail$94084831 997 $aUNINA