The diaries and letters of women on the overland trails in the mid- to late nineteenth century are treasured documents. These eleven selections drawn from the m

The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia

The diaries and letters of women who braved the overland trails during the great nineteenth-century westward migration are treasured documents in the study of t

An expanded edition of one of the most original and provocative works of American history of the last decade, which documents the pioneering experiences and gri

In 1852 a record number of women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous western trails. The fourth volume of Covered Wagon Women is devoted to familie