Women writers of the American West, 1833-1927
This book recovers the names and works of women who wrote about the American West during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some of them long forgotten and others better known such as Willa Cather and Mary Austin Holley. It reveals how the authors showed women making lives for themselves in the West, how they represented the diverse region, and how they represented themselves
Print Book, English, 2011
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield, 2011