Title:
Nothing daunted : the unexpected education of two society girls in the West / Dorothy Wickenden.
ISBN:
9781439176580
9781439176597
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Publication Information:
New York, NY : Scribner, 2011.
Physical Description:
xiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Beginnings. -- Overland journey -- The girls from Auburn -- "A funny, scraggly place" -- "Refined, intelligent gentlewomen" -- Old World and New. -- Unfenced -- The grand tour -- Ferry's scheme -- Departure -- Hell Hill -- Working Girls. -- Turnips and tears -- The mad ladies of Strawberry Park -- Debut -- Reckonings. -- The cream of Routt County -- "Unarmed and defenseless" -- "The dark days are very few" -- Three-wire winter -- Commencement.
Summary:
"A captivating book about Dorothy Wickenden's grandmother, who left her affluent East Coast life to "rough it" as a teacher in Colorado in 1916"-- Provided by publisher.
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