A propos de l'auteur
Shirley A. Leckie is Professor of History at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Œuvres de Shirley A. Leckie
The Colonel's Lady on the Western Frontier: The Correspondence of Alice Kirk Grierson (Women in the West Series) (1989) 43 exemplaires
A Just and Righteous Cause: Benjamin H. Grierson's Civil War Memoir (2008) — Directeur de publication — 21 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
A History of the Indians of the United States (1970) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 499 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Leckie, Shirley A.
- Date de naissance
- 1937-06-15
- Sexe
- female
- Professions
- biographer
- Organisations
- University of North Carolina (director of continuing education)
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Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 145
- Popularité
- #142,479
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 15
The delightful part of this story is Alice's spirit, humor, and the love she bears for "My dearest Ben." Alice was a bit ahead of her time in her insistence on equal respect and an equal voice in the marriage, and Ben supported her strongly - to his credit. There is sorrow, too, and she loses children both to death and to mental illness. She and Ben have much to weather, within and without the family, and they bear it with love, strength, and faith.
A well-written portrait of life on the frontier. Recommended.… (plus d'informations)