Chronicles the life of the woman called Aunt Clara Brown, who was born into slavery and became a pioneer and entrepreneur, earning money to bring other former slaves to a new start in Colorado.

Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of six famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Molly Brown, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Annie Oakley.

Describes the lives and experiences of women in the nineteenth-century American west, including immigrants, African Americans, and Native Americans.

Reveals what really happened when Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, embarked on a perilous quest through the untamed Oregon Trail to spread the word of the Bible to the Indians.

Amidst the Gold Dust is a collection of individual biographies about five women who, at first glance, seem vastly different, yet despite outward differences, have much to teach us about hardships, courage and perseverance. Through a unique, fictional first- and third-person narrative the reader gets to know these women through their actions and thoughts, as well as the observations and opinions of those who knew them. Numerous sidebars link the...

"Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"--

"Women played an essential role in the development of the West. Women of the American West takes a look at the daring, inventive, and determined women that helped shape the nation."--Publisher's website.

Original edition published as Calamity Jane : frontier original in 1996. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index. Who was the real Calamity Jane? -- Growing up wild and free -- A new life and a colorful nickname -- A case of hero worship -- Deadwood's angel of mercy -- Footloose in the Old West -- "The heroine of whoop-up" -- A brief career in show business -- "Bury me next to Wild Bill". "Separates the myth from the truth in the life...

"Many girls in elementary and middle school fall in love with the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. What they don't always realize is that Wilder's books are autobiographical. This narrative biography describes more of the details of the young Laura's real life as a young pioneer homesteading with her family on many adventurous journeys. This biography, complete with charming illustrations, points out the differences between the fictional...