Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West - Women in the West
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In 1924 eight young women drove across the American West in two Model T Fords. In nine weeks they traveled more than nine thousand unpaved miles on an extended car-camping trip through six national parks, "without a man or a gun along." It was the era of the flapper, but this book tells the story of a group of farm girls who met while attending Iowa's Teacher's College and who shared a "yen to see some things."
A blend of oral and written history, adventure, memoir, and just plain heartfelt living, Eight Women is a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Weaving together a granddaughter's essays with family stories and anecdotes from the 1924 trip, the book portrays four generations of women extending from nineteenth-century Norway to present-day Iowa-and sets them loose across the western United States where the perils and practicalities of automotive travel reaffirm family connections while also celebrating individual freedom.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780803260191 |
Publisher: | Bison Original |
Imprint: | Bison Books |
Pub date: | 30 Jan 2008 |
DEWEY: | 917.8033 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 169 |
Weight: | 230g |
Height: | 141mm |
Width: | 214mm |
Spine width: | 17mm |