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Tomboy Bride: A Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West

by Harriet Fish Backus

Published: 1980-01-01
Paperback : 320 pages

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A true pioneer of the West, Harriet Backus writes about her amusing and often challenging experiences with heart-felt emotion and vivid detail. New foreword by Pam Houston and afterword by author's grandson Rob Walton are ...

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"Tomboy Bride"by Mary D. (see profile) 05/06/09

"A woman's memoir of being a new bride living in the mining towns of the American West during the early 1900's"by Stephanie S. (see profile) 09/04/08

We all really enjoyed this book. The writer gives real insight into what it was like living in the mining towns of the West in the early 1990's. Harriet Fish Backus was quite an adventurous woman and was... (read more)

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