Land of Many Hands: Women in the American West

by Harriet Sigerman

"Come along, come along--don't be alarmed, /Uncle Sam is rich enough to give us all a farm."--popular 1852 camp song

From 1840 to 1910, the western region of the United States was the stage for dramatic and often tumultuous encounters between people of diverse cultural backgrounds. This was a period of feverish development of western lands, often with tragic consequences for native peoples as homesteaders encroached upon ancient lands and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195099427
• ISBN13: 9780195099423
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher