{"product_id":"ladys-choice-ethel-waxhams-journals-letters-1905-1910-paperback","title":"Lady's Choice: Ethel Waxham's Journals \u0026 Letters, 1905-1910 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEthel Waxham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Love\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFroidevaux Love Frances\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen John McPhee discovered these journals he found that Ethel Waxham wrote \"with such wit, insight, grace, irony, compassion, sarcasm, stylistic elegance, and embracing humor that I could not resist her.\" Waxham was a Wellesley graduate who decided in 1905 to accept a teaching job at a one-room school in Wyoming. Viewers of the the PBS series \"The West,\" in which this material was used, will enjoy this intimate look at her five-year courtship by John Love and her attempts, as well as those of her college-educated friends, to pursue higher education and a career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"These letters are among the treasures of American history, bringing to life an adventurous, quick witted woman and the laconic but determined man who wooed and won her. Together, the Loves redefine our understanding of the American Dream and what it took to win the West.\"--Geoffrey C. Ward and Dayton Duncan, coauthors, \u003ci\u003eThe West\u003c\/i\u003e (PBS).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich portrait of a woman's life in the American West of the early 1900s--a love story that reads like a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9.02 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468609929469,"sku":"9780826317865","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/XMVBhvb8uH9780826317865.webp?v=1777290580","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/ladys-choice-ethel-waxhams-journals-letters-1905-1910-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}