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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the
classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer
them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so
that everyone can enjoy them.
The exceptional women who helped build a nation
There can be little doubt in the minds of anyone who has an
interest in the history of the pioneers of the emergent American
nation of the huge, significant and vital role played by its
redoubtable women. Whilst it might be appropriate to claim that
beside every good man there stands a good woman, in the case of the
women of the American frontier from its earliest days among the
eastern forests of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the
trackless prairies and deserts of the westward tread of 'manifest
destiny, ' the women of the new nation demonstrated their mettle
often in circumstances where there were no men at all or where
those who were there did not rise to the challenges as resolutely
as the 'fairer sex' could. This book, originally published as Woman
on the American Frontier, tracks the trials and adventures of many
of the most notable women of the evolving United States. It relates
their experiences at war with the British, Indians, with the
soldiers of enemy states in time of civil war, fighting off
guerrillas and bandits, protecting their wagons, homes, husbands
and children. We share their ordeals as they walked to establish
new towns and cities across the great American wilderness, through
every wild force nature could throw against them and over every
kind of terrain. Here are individual stories of endurance and
bravery, together with accounts of utmost hardship and abduction by
hostile Indian tribes. The reader will be introduced to literally
dozens of outstanding women whose actions and achievements are
recounted here in riveting detail. For all American women this book
records a proud story of triumph over adversity, and is a testament
to those who shaped today's heritage and provided the foundation
upon which the country might grow and prosper. It is also a vital
book for all those interested in frontier days and women's
interests everywhere. Available in soft cover and hard cover with
dust jacket.
The exceptional women who helped build a nation
There can be little doubt in the minds of anyone who has an
interest in the history of the pioneers of the emergent American
nation of the huge, significant and vital role played by its
redoubtable women. Whilst it might be appropriate to claim that
beside every good man there stands a good woman, in the case of the
women of the American frontier from its earliest days among the
eastern forests of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the
trackless prairies and deserts of the westward tread of 'manifest
destiny, ' the women of the new nation demonstrated their mettle
often in circumstances where there were no men at all or where
those who were there did not rise to the challenges as resolutely
as the 'fairer sex' could. This book, originally published as Woman
on the American Frontier, tracks the trials and adventures of many
of the most notable women of the evolving United States. It relates
their experiences at war with the British, Indians, with the
soldiers of enemy states in time of civil war, fighting off
guerrillas and bandits, protecting their wagons, homes, husbands
and children. We share their ordeals as they walked to establish
new towns and cities across the great American wilderness, through
every wild force nature could throw against them and over every
kind of terrain. Here are individual stories of endurance and
bravery, together with accounts of utmost hardship and abduction by
hostile Indian tribes. The reader will be introduced to literally
dozens of outstanding women whose actions and achievements are
recounted here in riveting detail. For all American women this book
records a proud story of triumph over adversity, and is a testament
to those who shaped today's heritage and provided the foundation
upon which the country might grow and prosper. It is also a vital
book for all those interested in frontier days and women's
interests everywhere. Available in soft cover and hard cover with
dust jacket.
Mrs. Davies was accustomed to handle a gun and was a good shot,
like many other women on the frontier. She contemplated as a last
resort that, if not rescued in the course of the day, when night
came and the Indians had fallen asleep, she would deliver herself
and her children by killing as many of the Indians as she could,
believing that in a night attack the rest would fly
panic-stricken.-from "Chapter IX: Some Remarkable Women"Reading
like the most rousing, rollicking fiction, this is, in the words of
its author, "a valuable and authentic history of the heroism,
adventures, privations, captivities, trials, and noble lives and
deaths of the 'pioneer mothers of the republic.'" Drawing on
firsthand sources, including the diaries of the women portrayed,
and illustrated with gorgeous line drawings, this compulsively
readable 1878 work documents the role of daring women in the
settling of America, from Mrs. Hannah Nash and her daughter
Deborah, who in the 17th-century rescued all their worldly
possessions from a devastating flood, to Miss M., who in the 19th
century established a schoolhouse on the Illinois prairie. Young
women and old, mothers and daughters and wives and widows,
outwitting wildlife, battling Indians, building homes and towns,
enduring famine and ensuring bounty, the hundreds of women
portrayed here are the "unnamed heroes" of American
history.American writer WILLIAM WORTHINGTON FOWLER (1833-1881)
enjoyed diverse careers as a lawyer, stockbroker, politician, and
journalist. He also wrote Ten Years in Wall Street (1870).
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