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Land of Enchantment: Memoirs of Marian Russell Along the Santa Fe Trail
Contributor(s): Russell, Marian (Author), Simmons, Marc (Afterword by)

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 ISBN: 0826308058     ISBN-13: 9780826308054
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1985
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Annotation: 'Now readers everywhere can enjoy Mrs. Russell's recollections, ...plus a new afterword by Marc Simmons. And those readers will discover that Mrs. Russell described much more than just life on the Trail. Indeed her memoirs cover virtually every aspect of life in the West...'--Southwest Review
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - General
- Travel | United States - West - General
Dewey: 917.8
LCCN: 80054564
Lexile Measure: 980(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.07" W x 9.08" L (0.60 lbs) 177 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southwest U.S.
Features: Limited Edition
 
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The Santa Fe Trail was one of the great commercial routes across the West, frequented more by merchants than by emigrants. Hence women travelers were few on the Santa Fe Trail, and Land of Enchantment is one of the few firsthand accounts by a woman of life on the trail. The author, Marian Russell (1845-1936), dictated her story to her daughter-in-law in the 1930s. Published in a limited edition in 1954 and highly praised by scholars, that edition has become virtually impossible to obtain.

This forgotten classic paints a vivid picture of nineteenth-century New Mexico as seen by a bright young girl from the age of seven on. Mrs. Russell's memories of several well-known western figures are not only delightful reading but make this book a useful addition to the region's history.

 
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