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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