Not just bar-room belles and pioneers wearing thin the soles of their boots on their immense journeys to the west, but Chinese laundresses and displaced native Americans too. Real stories, with grit and courage, rather than cinematic wallpaper.
Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978034900829526/05/2022
Categories: 02. Spring Books 2022: Historical, History, Spring Books 2022
Tag: North America
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