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Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West

By (author) Katie Hickman





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The epic story of the transformation of the American west, as seen through the eyes of the women who were there 'This book is a triumph' AMANDA FOREMAN 'Absolutely compelling' CHRISTINA LAMB 'A blazing view of the American story' BETTANY HUGHES 'Gripping, eye-opening' EMMA DONOGHUE 'Richly evocative... the survivors were heroines, all of them' YSENDA MAXTONE GRAHAM 'Beautifully written' CLOVER STROUD Hard-drinking, hard-living poker players and prostitutes of the new boom towns; wives and mothers travelling two and a half thousand miles across the prairies in covered-wagon convoys; African American women in search of freedom from slavery; Chinese sex-workers sold openly on the docks of San Francisco; Native American women brutally displaced by the unstoppable tide of white settlers - all had to be brave-hearted women.

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Normally shipped | Enquiries only
Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group
Published date | 26 May 2022
Language |
Format | Digital download
Pages | 400
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-3490-0831-8
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BISAC | history / modern / 20th century


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