Life writings of frontier women. Vol. 3 being the autobiography of a Mormon missionary widow and pioneer

Life writings of frontier women. Vol. 3 being the autobiography of a Mormon missionary widow and pioneer / edited by S. George Ellsworth.

In her memoir, and 1870s revision of her journal and diary, Louisa Barnes Pratt tells of childhood in Massachusetts and Canada during the War of 1812, and independent career as a teacher and seamstress in New England, and her marriage to the Boston seaman Addison Pratt. Converting to the LDS Church,...

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Main Author: Pratt, Louisa Barnes, 1802-1880
Other Authors: Ellsworth, S. George (Samuel George), 1916-1997
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1998.
Series:Ebsco e-book purchased.
Subjects:
Pratt, Louisa Barnes, > 1802-1880.
Mormons > United States > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Electronic books.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
This was purchased from Ebsco with a single user license.
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Summary:In her memoir, and 1870s revision of her journal and diary, Louisa Barnes Pratt tells of childhood in Massachusetts and Canada during the War of 1812, and independent career as a teacher and seamstress in New England, and her marriage to the Boston seaman Addison Pratt. Converting to the LDS Church, the Pratts moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, from where Brigham Young sent Addison on the first of the long missions to the Society Islands that would leave Louisa on her own. As a sole available parent, she hauled her children west to Winter Quarters, to Utah in 1848, to California, and, in Addison's wake.
Item Description:"A New England youth, at Nauvoo and Salt Lake City, mission to the Society Islands, Mormon life in California, pioneering in Beaver, Utah."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 420 p.) : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-404) and index.
ISBN:9780874213058 (electronic bk.)
0874213053 (electronic bk.)
0585033668 (electronic bk.)
9780585033662 (electronic bk.)
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on print version record.

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