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Tomboy Bride: A Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West

Harriet Fish Backus

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A true pioneer of the West, Harriet Backus writes about her amusing and often challenging experiences with heart-felt emotion and vivid detail. New foreword by Pam Houston and afterword by author's grandson Rob Walton are featured.

It is a woman named Hattie's personal account of life in the mining camps of the American West, beginning with her marriage to George and concluding in 1964 when George died, literally in her arms. Tomboy Bride is divided into four parts: The San Juans; Britannia Beach; The Heart of Idaho; and Leadville, City in the Clouds. Tomboy Bride is an engaging from the very start, reading more like a novel than a biography.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1977

Publisher:: Pruett

Edition:: 15th printing, Second edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0871085127

ISBN13:: 9780871085122

kindle Asin:: B07NYT43H6

Tomboy Bride: A Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West

Harriet Fish Backus

4.11/5 (950 ratings)

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A true pioneer of the West, Harriet Backus writes about her amusing and often challenging experiences with heart-felt emotion and vivid detail. New foreword by Pam Houston and afterword by author's grandson Rob Walton are featured.

It is a woman named Hattie's personal account of life in the mining camps of the American West, beginning with her marriage to George and concluding in 1964 when George died, literally in her arms. Tomboy Bride is divided into four parts: The San Juans; Britannia Beach; The Heart of Idaho; and Leadville, City in the Clouds. Tomboy Bride is an engaging from the very start, reading more like a novel than a biography.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1977

Publisher:: Pruett

Edition:: 15th printing, Second edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0871085127

ISBN13:: 9780871085122

kindle Asin:: B07NYT43H6

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