"A faithful and unvarnished Record of a Settler s Life" is how Isabel Randall described her letters when they were first published in 1887. Many foreign travelers published accounts of their visits to the American West, but Randall was one of the few European women to write about the western experience from the inside.
In 1884 Randall and her husband settled on a ranch in Montana hoping to make their fortune in the livestock boom. Randall s letters home to England describe the practical affairs of daily life, rural social interactions, and the natural world around her. Her letters are...
"A faithful and unvarnished Record of a Settler s Life" is how Isabel Randall described her letters when they were first published in 1887. Many fo...
"A faithful and unvarnished Record of a Settler s Life" is how Isabel Randall described her letters when they were first published in 1887. Many foreign travelers published accounts of their visits to the American West, but Randall was one of the few European women to write about the western experience from the inside.
In 1884 Randall and her husband settled on a ranch in Montana hoping to make their fortune in the livestock boom. Randall s letters home to England describe the practical affairs of daily life, rural social interactions, and the natural world around her. Her letters are...
"A faithful and unvarnished Record of a Settler s Life" is how Isabel Randall described her letters when they were first published in 1887. Many fo...
Harry Harrison Kroll Thomas E. Douglass Richard L. Saunders
First published in 1946, Harry Kroll's portrayal of the legendary Hatfield-McCoy feud (1878-90) is seen through the eyes of six women of the two families. Their Ancient Grudge stands as the last major treatment of this iconic sliver of American culture completed before the story struggle was examined and reinterpreted by of a later generation of historians. Although the brutal cycle of the conflict often takes center stage, the novel is replete with sensitive observations of Appalachian nature and landscape, and most strikingly, the cultural positions occupied by women. In crafting this...
First published in 1946, Harry Kroll's portrayal of the legendary Hatfield-McCoy feud (1878-90) is seen through the eyes of six women of the two famil...
Known for his sometimes-gritty naturalism and use of Appalachian dialect, Harry Harrison Kroll (1888 1967) was a remarkably prolific Tennessee novelist and short-story writer during the middle decades of the twentieth century. His career spanned two of the three major shifts in publishing during the twentieth century: the heyday and decline of the fiction magazine market during the late 1920s, and the rise of nonfiction and solidification of paperback marketing during the 1950s. "Never Been Rich" explores details of Kroll s humble, rural youth, his long delayed education and the...
Known for his sometimes-gritty naturalism and use of Appalachian dialect, Harry Harrison Kroll (1888 1967) was a remarkably prolific Tennessee nove...
