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Author Bunge, Nancy L.

Title Woman in the wilderness [electronic resource] : letters of Harriet Wood Wheeler, missionary wife, 1832-1892 / Nancy Bunge.

Imprint East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvi, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preparation for the journey -- The reality of mission life -- Building a home alone in the forest -- Standing with the Ojibwe against removal and smallpox -- Struggling against sickness -- Harriet's children -- Life without a mission.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894.
Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 -- Correspondence.
Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 -- Family.
Women pioneers -- Wisconsin -- Biography.
Missionaries' spouses -- Wisconsin -- Biography.
Ojibwa Indians -- Missions -- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin.
Women -- Education -- United States -- Case studies.
Wisconsin -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780870139789 (paper alk. paper)
0870139789 (paper alk. paper)
9781609172039 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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