Eight women, two Model Ts, and the American West
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Automobile travel -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Ford Model T automobile.
Torgrim, Marie Hjelle -- Correspondence.
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
West (U.S.) -- History, Local.
Wilke, Joanne -- Family.
Women -- Iowa -- Biography.
Women adventurers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Young women -- Travel -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Young women -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Ford Model T automobile.
Torgrim, Marie Hjelle -- Correspondence.
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
West (U.S.) -- History, Local.
Wilke, Joanne -- Family.
Women -- Iowa -- Biography.
Women adventurers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Young women -- Travel -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Young women -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
169 pages, [10] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"In 1924 eight young women drove across the American West in two Model T Fords. In nine weeks they traveled more than nine thousand unpaved miles on an extended car-camping trip through six national parks, "without a man or a gun along." It was the era of the flapper, but this book tells the story of a group of farm girls who met while attending Iowa's Teacher's College and who shared a "yen to see some things." A blend of oral and written history, adventure, memoir, and just plain heartfelt living, Eight Women is a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Weaving together a granddaughter's essays with family stories and anecdotes from the 1924 trip, the book portrays four generations of women extending from nineteenth-century Norway to present-day Iowaand sets them loose across the western United States where the perils and practicalities of automotive travel reaffirm family connections while also celebrating individual freedom."--BOOK JACKET.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wilke, J. (2007). Eight women, two Model Ts, and the American West . University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilke, Joanne. 2007. Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West. University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilke, Joanne. Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West University of Nebraska Press, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wilke, Joanne. Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West University of Nebraska Press, 2007.
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