Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West (Women in the West)

Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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. Artikel-Nr. 9780803260191

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