Women of the West [Paperback]

Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award.Anyone interested in American history should read [this].The focus on minority women gives this overview . . . a human appeal rarelytouched in most history books of the westward expansion.An elegant connective narrative and 150 remarkable photographs put . . .the [nineteenth] centurys history in more realistic perspective.Handled with a very human touch throughout.An authentic, refreshing and even inspiring view of life on the frontier.