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- Signed
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- Ex Libris
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- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
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- First Edition
- Vintage
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- Type
- Novel
- Era
- 2010s
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- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781439176580
- Book Title
- Nothing Daunted : the Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Education, History
- Topic
- Women, United States / 20th Century, General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Literary, History, Educators
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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This exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women who leave the affluence of their New York home to teach school on the Western frontier in 1916 is authentically created using actual letters home and interviews with descendants. Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood attended grade school and Smith College together, spent nine months on a grand tour of Europe in 1910, and then, bored with society luncheons and chaperoned balls and not yet ready for marriage, they went off to teach the children of homesteaders in a remote schoolhouse on the Western Slope of Colorado. They traveled on the new railroad over the Continental Divide and by wagon to Elkhead, a tiny settlement far from the nearest town. Their students came to school from miles away in tattered clothes and shoes tied together with string. Dorothy Woodruff was the grandmother of New Yorker executive editor Dorothy Wickenden. Nearly one hundred years later, Wickenden found the buoyant, detailed, colorful letters the two women wrote to their families. Through them, she has chronicled their trials in the classroom, the cowboys and pioneering women they met, and the violent kidnapping of a close friend. Central to their narrative is Ferry Carpenter, the witty, idealistic, and occasionally outrageous young lawyer and cattle rancher who hired them, in part because he thought they would make attractive and cultivated brides. None of them imagined the transforming effect the year would have--on the children, the families, and the teachers. Wickenden set out on her own journey to discover what two intrepid Eastern women found when they went West, and what America was like at that uncertain moment, with the country poised for the First World War, but going through its own period of self-discovery. Drawing upon the letters, interviews with descendants, research about these vanished communities, and trips to the region, Wickenden creates a compelling, original saga about the two intrepid young women and the "settling up" of the West.
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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1439176582
ISBN-13
9781439176580
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99580422
Product Key Features
Book Title
Nothing Daunted : the Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Women, United States / 20th Century, General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Literary, History, Educators
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Education, History
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
La2315.C59w53 2011
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Reviews
"Wickenden brings to life two women who otherwise might be lost to history and who took part in creating the modern-day West." -Publishers Weekly, "Wickenden has painstakingly recreated the story of how that earlier Dorothy and her friend Rosamond Underwood embarked on a brief but life-changing adventure, teaching the children of struggling homesteaders... Wickenden lets their tale of personal transformation open out to reveal the larger changes in the rough-and-tumble society of the West...Fascinating...scenes emerge with a lovely clarity" -Maria Russo , New York Times Book Review, "A superb, stirring book. Through the eyes of two spirited and resourceful women from the civilized East, Wickenden makes the story of the American West engaging and personal. A delight to read." --Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief, "Wickenden uses personal history to illuminate the larger story of manifest destiny." -- The New Yorker, "Wickenden is a very good storyteller, and bracingly unsentimental. The sweep of the land and the stoicism of the people move her to some beautiful writing." -Joan Acocella, Newsweek, "From the elite ethos of Smith College to the raw frontier of northwestern Colorado, two friends dared to defy the conventions of their time and station. Dorothy Wickenden tells their extraordinary story with grace and insight, transporting us back to an America suffused with a sense of adventure and of possibility. This is a wonderful book about two formidable women, the lives they led--and the legacy they left." Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion, "From the elite ethos of Smith College to the raw frontier of northwestern Colorado, two friends dared to defy the conventions of their time and station. Dorothy Wickenden tells their extraordinary story with grace and insight, transporting us back to an America suffused with a sense of adventure and of possibility. This is a wonderful book about two formidable women, the lives they led--and the legacy they left." --Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion, "Woodruff's breezy letters could easily have stood on their own, but Wickenden chose to shape them into a narrative...Her instinct was right: Nothing Daunted is at once enjoyable and enlightening." -- American Way, "In Nothing Daunted , Dorothy Wickenden has beautifully captured a world in transition, a pivotal chapter not just in the life of her bold and spirited grandmother, but also in the life of the American west. Dorothy Woodruff and her friend Rosamond are like young women who walked out of a Henry James novel and headed west instead of east. Imagine Isabel Archer wrangling the ragged, half-wild children of homesteaders, whirling through dances with hopeful cowboys, and strapping on snowshoes in the middle of the night to urge a fallen horse onto an invisible trail in high snowdrifts, and you'll have some idea of the intense charm and adventure of this remarkable book." -Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, "Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood come alive in Nothing Daunted , Dorothy Wickenden's fascinating slice of social history... Their story is blessed with a cast of supporting characters that novelists would envy." --USA Today, "Dorothy Wickenden's recounting of her grandmother Dorothy Woodruff's treacherous cross-country journey is as charming as it is rugged... This is Little House on the Praire in petticoats, and it is enchanting." -Rachel Syme, NPR.org, "Wickenden has painstakingly recreated the story of how that earlier Dorothy and her friend Rosamond Underwood embarked on a brief but life-changing adventure, teaching the children of struggling homesteaders... Wickenden lets their tale of personal transformation open out to reveal the larger changes in the rough-and-tumble society of the West...Fascinating...scenes emerge with a lovely clarity" --Maria Russo , New York Times Book Review, “The adventures of two well-bred Yankee ladies in the still wild West makes a remarkable, funny story. But evoked through Dorothy Wickenden's skillful use of letters, diaries, and memoirs, Nothing Daunted is also a slow parade through young America. Cowboys carefully-mannered before the ladies; the bare-legged, ragged children in their brand-new school; winter sleigh rides under the new moonall these moments have been preserved, their colors fresh for modern wonderment: A haunting evocation of a vanished world.� Caroline Alexander, author of The Bounty and The War that Killed Achilles, "Century-old letters composed in the wilds of Colorado by two young schoolteachers provide the backbone of this stirring narrative." -- Newsweek, "A great story, with a richly appealing character at the center...a tale of the triumph of determination over adversity...wonderfully American." --Slate, "Dorothy Wickenden's recounting of her grandmother Dorothy Woodruff's treacherous cross-country journey is as charming as it is rugged... This is Little House on the Praire in petticoats, and it is enchanting." --Rachel Syme, NPR.org, "The adventures of two well-bred Yankee ladies in the still wild West makes a remarkable, funny story. But evoked through Dorothy Wickenden's skillful use of letters, diaries, and memoirs, Nothing Daunted is also a slow parade through young America. Cowboys carefully-mannered before the ladies; the bare-legged, ragged children in their brand-new school; winter sleigh rides under the new moon-all these moments have been preserved, their colors fresh for modern wonderment: A haunting evocation of a vanished world."- Caroline Alexander, author of The Bounty and The War that Killed Achilles, "An Intimate and Joyful Work That Captures the Best Spirit of the 1910s-And Today." -Shelf Awareness, "In Nothing Daunted , Dorothy Wickenden has beautifully captured a world in transition, a pivotal chapter not just in the life of her bold and spirited grandmother, but also in the life of the American west. Dorothy Woodruff and her friend Rosamond are like young women who walked out of a Henry James novel and headed west instead of east. Imagine Isabel Archer wrangling the ragged, half-wild children of homesteaders, whirling through dances with hopeful cowboys, and strapping on snowshoes in the middle of the night to urge a fallen horse onto an invisible trail in high snowdrifts, and you'll have some idea of the intense charm and adventure of this remarkable book." --Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, "If you were impressed with Laura Hillenbrand's efforts to breathe life into Seabiscuit -or wax romantic about Willa Cather's classic My Antonia -this is a book for you."- Grand Rapids Press, "Scrupulously researched... Both an entertaining and an edifying read, bringing early 20th-century Colorado to vivid life." --Bookpage, "Wickenden is a lucky and talented writer... Both women spring to life in this wonderful book." -Houston Chronicle, "A superb biography... Wickenden summons up the last moments of frontier life, where books were a luxury and, when blizzards hit, homesteader's children would ski miles to school on curved barrel staves... Nothing Daunted also reminds us that different strains of courage can be found, not just on the battlefield, but on the home front, too." -Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, "An intimate and joyful work that captures the best spirit of the 1910s--and today." --Shelf Awareness, "The adventures of two well-bred Yankee ladies in the still wild West makes a remarkable, funny story. But evoked through Dorothy Wickenden's skillful use of letters, diaries, and memoirs, Nothing Daunted is also a slow parade through young America. Cowboys carefully-mannered before the ladies; the bare-legged, ragged children in their brand-new school; winter sleigh rides under the new moon--all these moments have been preserved, their colors fresh for modern wonderment: A haunting evocation of a vanished world."-- Caroline Alexander, author of The Bounty and The War that Killed Achilles, "Woodruff's breezy letters could easily have stood on their own, but Wickenden chose to shape them into a narrative...Her instinct was right: Nothing Daunted is at once enjoyable and enlightening." - American Way, "Dorothy Wickenden was lucky to have such intriguing forebears...but the satisfying depth and vivacity of Nothing Daunted , the intimate, report-from the ground American saga the author has created with that correspondence as a foundation, have nothing to do with good fortune. Wickenden's talents for research, observation, description, and narrative flow turn this unfaded snapshot of these early-20th-century women in the West into something even more resonant--a brightly painted mural of America under construction a century ago, personified by two ladies of true grit who were nothing daunted and everything enthusiastic about where the new century would take them." -- Entertainment Weekly, “A superb, stirring book. Through the eyes of two spirited and resourceful women from the civilized East, Wickenden makes the story of the American West engaging and personal. A delight to read.� --Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief, "Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood come alive in Nothing Daunted , Dorothy Wickenden's fascinating slice of social history... Their story is blessed with a cast of supporting characters that novelists would envy." -USA Today, "From the elite ethos of Smith College to the raw frontier of northwestern Colorado, two friends dared to defy the conventions of their time and station. Dorothy Wickenden tells their extraordinary story with grace and insight, transporting us back to an America suffused with a sense of adventure and of possibility. This is a wonderful book about two formidable women, the lives they led--and the legacy they left." -Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion, "A superb biography... Wickenden summons up the last moments of frontier life, where books were a luxury and, when blizzards hit, homesteader's children would ski miles to school on curved barrel staves... Nothing Daunted also reminds us that different strains of courage can be found, not just on the battlefield, but on the home front, too." --Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, “In Nothing Daunted , Dorothy Wickenden has beautifully captured a world in transition, a pivotal chapter not just in the life of her bold and spirited grandmother, but also in the life of the American west. Dorothy Woodruff and her friend Rosamond are like young women who walked out of a Henry James novel and headed west instead of east. Imagine Isabel Archer wrangling the ragged, half-wild children of homesteaders, whirling through dances with hopeful cowboys, and strapping on snowshoes in the middle of the night to urge a fallen horse onto an invisible trail in high snowdrifts, and you’ll have some idea of the intense charm and adventure of this remarkable book.� Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, "Dorothy Wickenden was lucky to have such intriguing forebears...but the satisfying depth and vivacity of Nothing Daunted , the intimate, report-from the ground American saga the author has created with that correspondence as a foundation, have nothing to do with good fortune. Wickenden's talents for research, observation, description, and narrative flow turn this unfaded snapshot of these early-20th-century women in the West into something even more resonant-a brightly painted mural of America under construction a century ago, personified by two ladies of true grit who were nothing daunted and everything enthusiastic about where the new century would take them." - Entertainment Weekly, "Wickenden is a lucky and talented writer... Both women spring to life in this wonderful book." --Houston Chronicle, "Wickenden is a very good storyteller, and bracingly unsentimental. The sweep of the land and the stoicism of the people move her to some beautiful writing." --Joan Acocella, Newsweek, "Wickenden brings to life two women who otherwise might be lost to history and who took part in creating the modern-day West." --Publishers Weekly
Copyright Date
2011
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2011-008949
Dewey Decimal
371.10092/2 B
Dewey Edition
22
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