Pioneer Women in Texas

Austin, Texas: Jenkins Publishing Co., 1970. BW7 - A hardcover book in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease, and small tears on the edges and corners, some inch tears on the top of the front, back, and spine, some rubbing, chipping and tears on the sides, fading on the spine, scattered light scratches, rubbing, scuffing and fading, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, some scattered light stains and soiled patches on the page edges, light tanning and shelf wear. 9.25"x6.25", 474 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The pioneer women of Texas were characteristically strong willed, a fact which is made obvious in this collection of biographies compiled from facts contributed by descendents or friends of each woman under discussion. Pioneer Women in Texas is an excellent tribute to the feminine strength which supported the masculine determination to settle the West. The subjects of these biographies often came to the wild Texas frontier from genteel backgrounds. This contrast is made evident repeatedly, as in the story of the young woman from Limerick County Ireland who barred herself and her infant in a primitive cabin for three days and nights while outside marauding Indians slaughtered cattle in the corral nearby; and of the Virginia belle who stood alone between her own children and band of kidnapping plains Indians. They were familiar with solitude and disappointment but seldom, if ever, did they weaken to despair. It is to their credit and honor that these women never forsook the harsh lives they had chosen for the more pleasant lives they once had. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.