Woman on the American Frontier. A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the Pioneer Mothers of the Republic 12+

📗 Told in the flowery language of the late nineteenth century, these true accounts read like fiction adventure tales. But these women were very real indeed, from the Mayflower mothers to the missionaries. To describe their lives as "hair-raising" and "thrilling" is no exaggeration. Hundreds of brief biographies are chronicled.