“Covered Wagon Women” is a fascinating non-fiction account of fourteen pioneer women traveling west in the 1840’s. The book was edited and compiled by historian Kenneth L. Holmes. It is a remarkable book in that it consists of primary source, unedited diary entries, letters and other correspondence. The editor left the women’s narratives unedited as the women actually wrote them, replete with original syntax, spelling, and punctuation, and the mistakes made therein.There are additional “Covered Wagon Women,” volumes in a series. I read volume two and found it equally compelling.These unedited first person narratives give the reader a genuine sense of who these women really were, what they were seeing, experiencing, and feeling. Of course the unbelievable hardship, birth, death and tragedy are heart wrenching, but these incredible women’s intelligence, courage and appreciation of the beauty of their experience is also made abundantly clear. The women’s observations are reminiscent of…
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So kind and thoughtful. Bless you~
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God bless you, too….and your patience in blogging…
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I really would like to reblog your posts as fast as I can…but there’s a problem with internet signal in the Philippines- so weak!….especially, when facebook users start to cram the cyberspace…would you believe, if I have to upload my blogs and check do reblogs, I have to do it as early as early as 3AM?…form 7AM on ward, it’s hell for internet users, especially serious bloggers….
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