Author: HUBALEK, LINDA
Title: Trail of Thread (Historical Letters 1854-1855) a Womans Westward Journey (6th Printing 1999)
Description: Aurora, CO: Butterfield Books Lindsborg Kansas, 1999. Third Printing; Paperback. ISBN: 1886652066. Map; 6 X 9; 112 pages; Soft cover has a tan spine with black lettering. NEW book. 3rd printing from 1996. Black and white map at front of book. Historical fiction in the form of letters written by a woman in the years 1854-1855 as her Kentucky family traveled by wagon trail to the new territory of Kansas. Deborah Pieratt describes the scenery, the everyday events on the trail, and the task of taking care of her family.. New .

Keywords: 1886652066 Historical Fiction; Women's History; Gender Roles; Pioneers; Settlers; 19th Century America; Transportation History; Cultural History; Social History; Historical Fiction Juvenile Women/Womens' History Fiction Cultural History American History G