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Frontier Lady : Recollections of the Gold Rush and Early California by Sarah Royce (1977, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803258569
ISBN-139780803258563
eBay Product ID (ePID)394664
Product Key Features
Book TitleFrontier Lady : Recollections of the Gold Rush and Early California
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers, General
Publication Year1977
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorSarah Royce
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight6.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN76-044263
Dewey Edition18
TitleLeadingA
Reviews"Accounts have been written of many early journeys across the plains by those who accomplished them and California is rich in personal literature of the gold rush. Few of those memoirs have the drama and classic quality of that written from her 'pilgrimage diary' by Sarah Royce. Characteristic events seem to have lain deep in her memory there to be transformed by something more than personal emotion into generic portraiture. . . . The remembrances maintain a bold and natural outline to the end, with the unconscious achievement of style."- New Republic, ""A graphic and moving picture of the gold rush to California.""-- New York Times ""Accounts have been written of many early journeys across the plains by those who accomplished them and California is rich in personal literature of the gold rush. Few of those memoirs have the drama and classic quality of that written from her 'pilgrimage diary' by Sarah Royce. Characteristic events seem to have lain deep in her memory there to be transformed by something more than personal emotion into generic portraiture. . . . The remembrances maintain a bold and natural outline to the end, with the unconscious achievement of style.""-- New Republic ""Has the double interest of an adventure story and of history.""-- New York Evening Post
Dewey Decimal917.3/04/610924
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisSince it was first published in 1932, A Frontier Lady has held a high and special place in the literature of Americas westward migration. Written in the 1880s at the request of her son, the philosopher and educator Josiah Royce, Sarah Royce's narrative of the family odyssey across the continent and of their early years in California is also the portrait of a remarkable woman. In the words of her daughter-in-law, "Wherever she was, she made civilization, even when it seemed that she had little indeed from which to make it."
LC Classification NumberF865
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