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Social Class in the Writings of Mary Hallock Foote (Western Literature Series)
Christine Smith
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Description for Social Class in the Writings of Mary Hallock Foote (Western Literature Series)
Hardcover. Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938) was one of the popular female writers of her generation, and one of the first women to make a living producing fiction about the West. This book offers a view of the nineteenth-century West as a far more complex social world and reintroduces us to one of the region's most interesting and perceptive writers. Series: Western Literature Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
This book presents a new look at the writings of a woman in the frontier West. Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938) was one of the most popular female writers of her generation, and one of the first women to make a living producing fiction about the West. Born to a middle-class Upstate New York family, she early made a name for herself as a writer and illustrator of magazines and books. As a young wife, she came west with her husband, an engineer who found little success in the villages of Idaho and California where they settled. Foote continued her writing ... Read more
This book presents a new look at the writings of a woman in the frontier West. Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938) was one of the most popular female writers of her generation, and one of the first women to make a living producing fiction about the West. Born to a middle-class Upstate New York family, she early made a name for herself as a writer and illustrator of magazines and books. As a young wife, she came west with her husband, an engineer who found little success in the villages of Idaho and California where they settled. Foote continued her writing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874177640
SKU
V9780874177640
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About Christine Smith
Christine Hill Smith is associate professor of humanities and communications at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Reviews for Social Class in the Writings of Mary Hallock Foote (Western Literature Series)
"The book is very original. Foote deserves much more attention, and this is a thought-provoking approach." - Melody Graulich, coauthor of Exploring Lost Borders: Critical Essays on Mary Austin"