Parrot Pie for Breakfast - An Anthology of Women Pioneers (Paperback)

When the author began to research this book - to find women who left their homes in the 18th and 19th centuries in search of a better life - she was nearly put off the task by Harriet Roche and Mrs C E Humphries. These formidable ladies, who wrote of their treks in books published at the end of the last century, exemplified all she wanted to get away from: a disagreeable mixture of imperialism, patronization and parochialism. But when she came across a photograph taken in Australia - showing the details of the life of a pioneer woman and sparking her imagination - she began to get a feel for the real emigrants. And the book which resulted is a fascinating blend of extracts from diaries, letters and other lost narratives: this skilled and modest approach bears great fruit by conveying snapshots of these women's amazing lives. (Kirkus UK)

There is nothing quite like parrot pie for breakfast. First one must catch one's parrot, of course, and build the hearth to bake it, but that is all in a days work for the women you will meet in this riveting anthology, whose experiences in settling the wildernesses of the world challenged to the limits their spirit, resourcefulness, and even survival.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	September 1999
Authors:	Jane Robinson
Dimensions:	216 x 139 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-288020-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN:	0-19-288020-9
Barcode:	9780192880208

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