Nothing daunted the unexpected education of two society girls in the West /
"A captivating book about Dorothy Wickenden's grandmother, who left her affluent East Coast life to "rough it" as a teacher in Colorado in 1916"--Provided by publisher.
Main Author: | Wickenden, Dorothy. |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York, NY :
Scribner,
2011.
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Physical Description: |
xiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Edition: | 1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Beginnings.
- Overland journey
- The girls from Auburn
- "A funny, scraggly place"
- "Refined, intelligent gentlewomen"
- Old World and New.
- Unfenced
- The grand tour
- Ferry's scheme
- Departure
- Hell Hill
- Working Girls.
- Turnips and tears
- The mad ladies of Strawberry Park
- Debut
- Reckonings.
- The cream of Routt County
- "Unarmed and defenseless"
- "The dark days are very few"
- Three-wire winter
- Commencement.