Winter quarters : the 1846-1848 life writings of Mary Haskin Parker Richards /
Mary Richard's journals and letters record a young woman's rare, but richly detailed view of life in the temporary Mormon pioneer communities in Iowa.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press,
1996.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780874213027 0874213029 0585098484 9780585098487 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- The fabric of life: an introduction
- A scribe for the women: the journals and letters
- "One of the most beautyfull valeys": the memorandum, September 1823 to December 1840
- "Weept about an houre & ... felt some better": Journal one, May to July 1846, letters to Samuel Richards, May to July 1846
- Sleeping on the "soft side of a bord": journal two, July to August 1846, letter to Samuel Richards, September to October 1846
- "Our tent was crowded all day with folks coming in": journal three, November 1846 to May 1847, letters to Samuel Richards, January to April 1847
- "These hills are the works of thy hands": journal four, May to November 1847, letters to Samuel Richards, June to August 1847-- 'Tis when I am sick that I miss you the most": journal five, November 1847 to March 1848, letters to Samuel Richards, November 1847 to February 1848
- As "a steam Boat hove in sight": journal six, March to May 1848
- Biographical register.