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No Rooms of Their Own: Women Writers of Early California, 1849-1869

by Ida Rae Egli

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Publisher Comments:

Now in its second edition with a new introduction by the editor, this important collection includes writings by Dame Shirley, Josephine Clifford McCrakin, Ina Coolbrith, Ada Clare, and others.

Synopsis:

Pioneering writing from the women of the gold rush

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Table of Contents

A frontier lady / Sarah Eleanor Royce — Out of the past / Lucy Young — A trip into the mines : letter fifth ; Letter tenth ; Letter eleventh / Dame Shirley — The Mitchells / Helen McCowen Carpenter — How Jack Hastings sold his mine / Frances Fuller Victor — La graciosa / Josephine Clifford McCrackin — My grizzly bear ; Sierra neighbors / Jessie Benton Frâemont — Delirium / Hipolita Orendain de Medina — Journal of Georgiana Kirby ; A tale of the redwoods / Georgiana Kirby — Mother's grief ; Mariposa lily ; Memory / Ina Coolbrith — In exile / Mary Hallock Foote — Affidavit of oral testimony / Charlotte L. Brown — Portrait of a California girl / Ella Sterling Cummins Mighels — Resurgam ; Genius / Adah Isaacs Menken — The past ; The man's sphere and influence ; Taking leave ; About the fashions ; The fatal pie ; Robinson's gymnasium ; The tender passion ; The "Blue stocking" ; Verdina / Ada Clare.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781890771010

Editor:

Egli, Ida Rae

Publisher:

Heyday Books

Editor:

Egli, Ida Rae

Author:

Egli, Ida Rae

Location:

Berkeley, Calif. :

Subject:

California

Subject:

Biography

Subject:

Women

Subject:

American - General

Subject:

Anthologies (multiple authors)

Subject:

Women Authors

Subject:

Frontier and pioneer life

Subject:

American literature

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

Literary Criticism : General

Copyright:

1997

Edition Number:

2

Edition Description:

Includes bibliographical references.

Series Volume:

17:1, Spring 1997

Publication Date:

19920131

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Pages:

376

Dimensions:

9.00x6.03x.92 in. 1.31 lbs.

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Product details 376 pages Heyday Books - 2004-10-23 English 9781890771010 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Ingram, Pioneering writing from the women of the gold rush