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Woman in the wilderness : letters of Harriet Wood Wheeler, missionary wife, 1832-1892 / Nancy Bunge.

Title
Woman in the wilderness : letters of Harriet Wood Wheeler, missionary wife, 1832-1892 / Nancy Bunge.
Author
Bunge, Nancy L.
Publication
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010.

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Description
xvi, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894
  • Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 > Correspondence
  • Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 > Family
  • 1800-1899
  • Women pioneers > Wisconsin > Biography
  • Missionaries' spouses > Wisconsin > Biography
  • Ojibwa Indians > Missions > History > Wisconsin > 19th century
  • Frontier and pioneer life > Wisconsin
  • Women > Education > United States > Case studies
  • Wisconsin > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century
Genre/Form
Electronic books
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preparation for the journey -- The reality of mission life -- Building a home alone in the forest -- Standing with the Ojibwe against removal and smallpox -- Struggling against sickness -- Harriet's children -- Life without a mission.
ISBN
  • 9780870139789 (paper : alk. paper)
  • 0870139789 (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010003505
OCLC
  • 511615525
  • SCSB-12604650
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library