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Nothing daunted the unexpected education of two society girls in the West

"A captivating book about Dorothy Wickenden's grandmother, who left her affluent East Coast life to "rough it" as a teacher in Colorado in 1916"-- Provided by publisher.

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Main Author: Wickenden, Dorothy
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Scribner, 2011.
Edition:1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Woodruff, Dorothy.
Underwood, Rosamond.
Teachers > Biography.
Education > Colorado > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings.
  • Overland journey
  • The girls from Auburn
  • "A funny, scraggly place"
  • "Refined, intelligent gentlewomen"
  • Old World and New.
  • Unfenced
  • The grand tour
  • Ferry's scheme
  • Departure
  • Hell Hill
  • Working Girls.
  • Turnips and tears
  • The mad ladies of Strawberry Park
  • Debut
  • Reckonings.
  • The cream of Routt County
  • "Unarmed and defenseless"
  • "The dark days are very few"
  • Three-wire winter
  • Commencement.

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