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Shirley A. Leckie

 
9780806136400: A Lady’s Ranch Life in Montana: 67 (The Western Frontier Library Series)
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ISBN 10: 0806136405 ISBN 13: 9780806136400
Editorial: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004

Sinopsis

"A faithful and unvarnished Record of a Settler’s Life" is how Isabel Randall described her letters when they were first published in 1887. Many foreign travelers published accounts of their visits to the American West, but Randall was one of the few European women to write about the western experience from the inside. In 1884 Randall and her husband settled on a ranch in Montana hoping to make their fortune in the livestock boom. Randall’s letters home to England describe the practical affairs of daily life, rural social interactions, and the natural world around her. Her letters are cheerful, but they also suggest why the Randalls ultimately failed to achieve financial success. In this new edition of A Lady’s Ranch Life in Montana, Richard L. Saunders supplements Randall’s letters with notes and an extensive introduction drawn from a wealth of primary sources. He sketches the Randalls’ lives before and after their western adventure, describes the stock industry that drew them to Montana, places Isabel’s letters in the context of English attitudes toward Americans, and discusses her neighbors’ reactions to her criticisms of local society.

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Isabel F. Randall (1860-1933) lived in Montana between 1884 and 1886, when she returned to England and published her collection of letters on her American experience.

Richard L. Saunders was a professor at the University of Tennessee, Martin, where he headed the library's public services department and taught U.S. history. He is the author of Dale Morgan on the Mormons and A Lady's Ranch Life in Montana.
|Shirley A. Leckie, Professor of History at the University of Central Florida, is the author of Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Making of a Myth and Angie Debo: Pioneering Historian.

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Editorial
University of Oklahoma Press
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0806136405
ISBN 13 
9780806136400
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
214
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