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Cargando... The Colonel's Lady on the Western Frontier: The Correspondence of Alice Kirk Grierson (Women in the West Series) (1989)por Shirley A. Leckie, Alice Kirk Grierson (Autor)
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The modern woman who tries to juggle private and public roles with equilibrium will discover a spiritual ancestor in Alice Kirk Grierson. The colonel's lady spent most of her life at army outposts on the nineteenth-century western frontier, where she faced the problems of raising a large family while fulfilling the duties of a commanding officer's wife. Fortunately for history, she left a large and extraordinarily candid correspondence, which has now been edited by the author. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The delightful part of this story is Alice's spirit, humor, and the love she bears for "My dearest Ben." Alice was a bit ahead of her time in her insistence on equal respect and an equal voice in the marriage, and Ben supported her strongly - to his credit. There is sorrow, too, and she loses children both to death and to mental illness. She and Ben have much to weather, within and without the family, and they bear it with love, strength, and faith.
A well-written portrait of life on the frontier. Recommended. ( )