Kenneth L. Holmes was a professor of history at Western Oregon State College. He edited and compiled Covered Wagon Women, drawing on archives and private sources. Introducing this Bison Books edition is Maria Montoya, an assistant professor of history and an assistant professor in the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan.

"This is a work to capture the heart as well as the historical mind. . . . Well worth reading."—Journal of the West "An outstanding collection of primary sources written by women moving west."—Wagon Tracks "The diaries and letters . . . throb with excitement, pain and mind-boggling determination."—Kliatt

Kenneth L. Holmes was a professor of history at Western Oregon State College. He edited and compiled Covered Wagon Women, drawing on archives and private sources. Introducing this Bison Books edition is Maria Montoya, an assistant professor of history and an assistant professor in the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan.

"This is a work to capture the heart as well as the historical mind. . . . Well worth reading."—Journal of the West "An outstanding collection of primary sources written by women moving west."—Wagon Tracks "The diaries and letters . . . throb with excitement, pain and mind-boggling determination."—Kliatt

Kenneth L. Holmes was a professor of history at Western Oregon State College. He edited and compiled Covered Wagon Women, drawing on archives and private sources. Introducing this Bison Books edition is Maria Montoya, an assistant professor of history and an assistant professor in the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan.

"This is a work to capture the heart as well as the historical mind. . . . Well worth reading."—Journal of the West "An outstanding collection of primary sources written by women moving west."—Wagon Tracks "The diaries and letters . . . throb with excitement, pain and mind-boggling determination."—Kliatt