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Title: Tomboy Bride: A Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West by Harriet Fish Backus, Pam Houston ISBN: 0-87108-512-7 Publisher: Pruett Publishing Co. Pub. Date: June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Amazing Woman
Comment: Mrs. Backus embodies an amazing frontier spirit, good cheer in the face of nearly every disaster, and in the course of her gentle discussions of daily live at a time of awesome change in Colorado, shows us the most fascinating details of how people lived when our state was growing up. Her personality and individuality come through clearly fifty years after the book was written, and she seems a woman I would have loved to have known. Well written and edited, clear, easy to read yet containing hidden depths, and a joy throughout, it was very hard to put down even between chapters! A great look at frontier mining life. *It was also very nice to see the note here from her granddaughter - it seems the pleasant disposition and good cheer has carried well through the generations.*
Rating: 5
Summary: My Grandmother's Book!
Comment: ...
My grandmother, Harriet Fish Backus, wrote Tomboy Bride. My mother was born in 1909 in Telluride, after her mother came down to the "town" from the Tomboy Gold mine, 2000 feet above Telluride, to give birth to her first child. There are several photos of my mom as a young girl in the book. She typed several early editions of the book on a manual typewriter before it was published. Harriet Fish Backus was a remarkable woman and the afterword that appears in the new version of this book tells about her life after the book. It is still an inspiring story and our family enjoys hearing from interested readers from all over the world.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rarely do we find out what every day life was like
Comment: If you have ever wondered what life was really like (what did they eat, do for entertainment, get medical care, what the housing was like?, etc.), Mrs. Backus gave wonderfully practical descriptions of this fascinating but difficult life. Although quite Victorian and proper in what she discloses, I felt as she had told me about the down and dirty details as well as how a woman adapted and grew with her environment. In addition, it was a suspenseful read to find out what would happen next. Mrs. Backus was truly a woman with a GOOD ATTITUDE.
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Title: A Visit With the Tomboy Bride: Harriet Backus & Her Friends by Duane A. Smith ISBN: 1890437875 Publisher: Western Reflections Inc Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Little More About Me by Pam Houston ISBN: 0743406338 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Cowboys Are My Weakness by Pam Houston ISBN: 0671793888 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (The Western Frontier Library, 14) by Isabella Lucy Bird, Daniel J. Boorstin ISBN: 0806113286 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Cripple Creek Days by Mabel Barbee Lee, Lowell Thomas ISBN: 0803279124 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: August, 1984 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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