{"product_id":"lamentations-9781496227812","title":"Lamentations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLamentations\u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about the first group of families crossing west to Oregon in 1842, from the perspective of the dozen women on the trip. Although none of these women left a written record of her journey, the company clerk’s daily notations provided documentation of historical events. Based on these records and the author’s own decades of work as a historian, Carol Kammen provides an interpretation of the women’s thoughts and feelings as events played out in and around the wagons heading west.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this novel the men are in the background—and we hear the women ponder the land, their right to be passing through, their lives and how they are changing, the other people in the company, the Native Americans they encounter, and their changing roles.\u003ci\u003eLamentations\u003c\/i\u003e is about women’s reality as wives or unmarried sojourners, as literate or illiterate observers, and as explorers of the land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kammen gives voice to these women as \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb look at westering women nearly 200 years ago as they accompanied their families into the unknown.\"—Sandra Dallas, \u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I firmly believe this is one of the best Western books out there. It’s perfectly timed with today’s realization that women are people too. And the insights are outstanding.”—Melody Groves, author of\u003ci\u003e She Was Sheriff \u003c\/i\u003eand contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eRound Up\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1842 Company of Travelers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Starting Out, Looking Back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Observing, Marveling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: Climbing, Descending\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: Getting Through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5: Beginning and Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebts Owed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409236894039,"sku":"9781496227812","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496227812.jpg?v=1730506086","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lamentations-9781496227812","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}