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Mollie : the journal of Mollie Dorsey Sanford in Nebraska and Colorado Territories, 1857-1866 / with an introduction and notes by Donald F. Danker ; introduction to the new Bison Books edition by Lillian Schlissel.
- Title
- Mollie : the journal of Mollie Dorsey Sanford in Nebraska and Colorado Territories, 1857-1866 / with an introduction and notes by Donald F. Danker ; introduction to the new Bison Books edition by Lillian Schlissel.
- Author
- Sanford, Mollie Dorsey, 1838 or 1839-1915
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2003.
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| Text | Request in advance | F666 .S36 2003 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 199 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "Mollie is a vivid, high-spirited, and intensely feminine account of city people homesteading in the raw, new land west of the Missouri. More particularly, it is the story of Mollie herself - just turned eighteen when the Dorseys left Indianapolis for Nebraska Territory - of her reaction to the transplantation and to her new life which included rattlesnakes, blizzards, Indians, and the hardships of pioneer life." "Mollie describes her nearly three-year engagement to Byron Sanford, during which time she worked as a seamstress, teacher, and cook. Following her wedding Mollie's life took a new turn. Catching "Pike's Peak Fever," the Sanfords crossed the plains to Colorado to join others digging for gold. In mining camps and later, after the outbreak of the Civil War, in forts and army posts, Mollie's strength and endurance were tried to the uttermost, but she reports her trials and tribulations with the same gaiety, courage, and common sense that she displayed in living through them. Lillian Schlissel's introduction discusses the Sanfords' courtship, marriage, and their determination to trust in the possibilities of a companionate marriage."--Jacket.
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- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "Bison books"--Half title page.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Mollie's West -- Indianapolis to Nebraska City. March 23, 1857-May 27, 1857 -- Homesteading on the little Nemaha. June 5, 1857-August 20, 1857 -- Hazel Dell. September 1, 1857-April 15, 1858 -- Nebraska City. May 6, 1858-June 10, 1859 -- Hazel Dell and Nebraska City. July 4, 1859-April 8, 1860 -- Across the Plains. April 12, 1860-June 24, 1860 -- Denver and Gold Hill. June 26, 1860-December 25, 1860 -- Gold Hill, Left Hand Creek, Denver, and Fort Lyon. January 1, 1861-February 28, 1862 -- Camp Weld, Hazel Dell, and Denver. March 15, 1865-January 15, 1866 -- The Ranch and Denver. March 8, 1862-September, 1864 -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 0803293070
- 9780803293076
- LCCN
- 2004556252
- OCLC
- 62804592
- SCSB-10794361
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library