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Wickenden, Dorothy.

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New York, NY : Scribner, 2011

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Book

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xiv, 286 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.

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English

Edition:

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

ISBN:

9781439176580 (hardback)

1439176582 (hardback)

9781439176597 (paperback)

1439176590 (paperback)

9781439176603 (ebook)

1439176604 (ebook)

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40019563483

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Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood attended grade school and Smith College together, spent nine months on a grand tour of Europe in 1910, and then, bored with society luncheons and chaperoned balls and not yet ready for marriage, they went off to teach the children of homesteaders in a... More

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Woodruff, Dorothy.
Underwood, Rosamond.
Teachers -- Colorado -- Biography.
Education -- Colorado -- History -- 20th century.

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Nothing daunted : the unexpected education of two society girls in the West

by Wickenden, Dorothy.

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Beginnings. -- Overland journey -- The girls from Auburn -- "A funny, scraggly place" -- "Refined, intelligent gentlewomen" -- Old World and New. -- Unfenced -- The grand tour -- Ferry's scheme -- Departure -- Hell Hill -- Working Girls. -- Turnips and tears -- The mad ladies of Strawberry Park -- Debut -- Reckonings. -- The cream of Routt County -- "Unarmed and defenseless" -- "The dark days are very few" -- Three-wire winter -- Commencement.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index.
"A captivating book about Dorothy Wickenden's grandmother, who left her affluent East Coast life to "rough it" as a teacher in Colorado in 1916"-- Provided by publisher.
"A captivating full-length book derived from a widely read and much beloved New Yorker piece about Wickenden's grandmother and her grandmother's best friend who left their affluent East Coast lives to "rough it" as teachers in the wilds of Colorado in 1916"-- Provided by publisher.

Aug 9, 2012

Review by k. smith

Such an interesting insight to the settlement of the Western Slope. Great historical references to every day living and events that shaped this area. Worth the read.

Jun 19, 2013

Review by . powell

I was fascinated by the Colorado railroad history and thinking about my own family members and where they were at the turn of the last century when the events in the book were taking place.

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Wickenden, D. (2011). Nothing daunted: the unexpected education of two society girls in the West. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York, NY: Scribner.

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Wickenden, Dorothy. 2011. Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West. New York, NY: Scribner.

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Wickenden, Dorothy, Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West. New York, NY: Scribner, 2011.

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Wickenden, Dorothy. Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York, NY: Scribner, 2011. Print.

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