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Wild women of the Wild West / by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Susan Guevara. - SHERLOC
Wild women of the Wild West / by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Susan Guevara.
Imprint:
New York : Holiday House, 2011.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780823416011 (hardcover)
0823416011 (hardcover)
Call number:
j920.72 WIN
Physical description:
40 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Subject:
Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary note:
Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of fifteen famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, Nellie Cashman, Mary Fields, and Annie Oakley.
Contents note:
Wild! -- Calamity Jane -- Mary Field -- Mary Elizabeth Lease -- Lola Montez and Lotta Crabtree -- Dona Maria Gertrudis "La Tules" Barcelo -- Annie Oakley -- Belle Starr -- Polly Pry -- Sarah Winnemucca -- Carry A. Nation -- Mary Ellen Pleasant -- The-other-Magpie -- Nellie Cashman -- Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris -- Wild West time line.
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