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Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West (Paperback) Loot Price: R407
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Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West (Paperback): Joanne Wilke

Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West (Paperback)

Joanne Wilke

Series: Women in the West

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In 1924 eight young women drove across the American West in two Model T Fords. In nine weeks they traveled more than nine thousand unpaved miles on an extended car-camping trip through six national parks, "without a man or a gun along." It was the era of the flapper, but this book tells the story of a group of farm girls who met while attending Iowa's Teacher's College and who shared a "yen to see some things." A blend of oral and written history, adventure, memoir, and just plain heartfelt living, "Eight Women" is a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Weaving together a granddaughter's essays with family stories and anecdotes from the 1924 trip, the book portrays four generations of women extending from nineteenth-century Norway to present-day Iowa--and sets them loose across the western United States where the perils and practicalities of automotive travel reaffirm family connections while also celebrating individual freedom.

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Imprint: Bison Books
Country of origin: United States
Series: Women in the West
Release date: December 2007
First published: December 2007
Authors: Joanne Wilke
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade / Trade
Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-6019-1
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General
Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN: 0-8032-6019-9
Barcode: 9780803260191

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