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Bachelor Bess: The Homesteading Letters of Elizabeth Corey, 1909-1919 (American Land & Life Series)

by Elizabeth Corey

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Book News Annotation:

In July 1909, 21-year-old teacher Elizabeth Corey left her Iowa farm to stake her claim to a South Dakota homestead. These letters back to her family in Iowa are long, gossipy accounts of frontier life on the high plains west of the Missouri River.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-449) and index.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780877453031
Subtitle:
The Homesteading Letters of Elizabeth Corey, 1909-1919
Editor:
Gerber, Philip L.
Editor:
Gerber, Philip L.
Designed:
Franklin, Wayne
Designed:
Corey, Paul
Author:
Corey, Elizabeth
Afterword:
Franklin, Wayne
Designed:
Franklin, Wayne
Designed:
Corey, Paul
Publisher:
University of Iowa Press
Location:
Iowa City :
Subject:
General
Subject:
United States - 19th Century/Old West
Subject:
Farm life
Subject:
Frontier and pioneer life
Subject:
United States - State & Local
Subject:
South dakota
Subject:
Letters
Subject:
Pioneers
Subject:
Women pioneers
Subject:
Frontier and pioneer life -- South Dakota.
Subject:
Farm life -- South Dakota -- History -- 20th century.
Subject:
South Dakota Social life and customs.
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series:
American Land & Life Series
Series Volume:
9315
Publication Date:
October 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
540
Dimensions:
9.06x6.08x1.54 in. 1.77 lbs.
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