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    <body><![CDATA[I was fortunate enough to study under the direction of Lillian Schlissel.  I do not think I have ever known someone so knowledgeable about Western history.  This particular book was an excellent experience for me.  It helped me change some perceptions of the West that were simply wrong at the time. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40623346">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A little dry, but very interesting - especially after the Donner book.  It was a universally horrific journey.  They were better women than I will ever be!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this when I was about 10.  My mother read it for a Women's History class, and I stole in between when she didn't need it.  Very interesting.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The journals of the westward pioneers offered a more personal look at the journey west.  The book itself seemed fragmented and redundant at times.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What these women did not go through to follow their husbands west during westward expansion...absolutely fascinating.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Thought it was a very interesting book and enjoyed the discussion at book group. It read a little like a text book or college research paper though.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[  I admit I finally had to shelve this one. It's very interesting. It reviews the journals of pioneering women. However, the reason I haven't finished it yet was : !. After awhile you need a pick me up from all that hardship, and 2. The author is constantly suggesting that the pioneer women were com...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28694278">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This nonfiction text was assigned reading for a &quot;Women in American History&quot; course I took in college. It is full of women's accounts of the excitement, tragedy, monotony, promise,  wonder, and misery of crossing the country in covered wagons during the 1800s (told in their own words, with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12969656">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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