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"by interspersing narrative with excerpts from letters written between husbands and wives, friends and relatives, Peavy and Smith breathe life into the stories of six families whose lives were forever changed by the upheaval of the westward movement. From the prosaic to the dramatic, [this book] is an absorbing read and an excellent addition to the poorly documented history of women's contributions to the settlement of the West."Peavy, Linda S. is the author of 'Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement Life on the Home Frontier', published 1994 under ISBN 9780806126197 and ISBN 0806126191.
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