Crazy Woman Creek : Women Rewrite the American West Paperback - 2004
by Linda M. Hasselstrom; Gaydell Collier; Nancy Curtis
- Used
Long troubled by the misguided images of skinny cowgirls on prancing palominos, the editors embarked on a mission to set the record straight by encouraging western women to reveal the reality of their lives in their own prose and poetry.
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Details
- Title Crazy Woman Creek : Women Rewrite the American West
- Binding Paperback
- Edition None
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 305
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-05-18
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 3360134-6
- ISBN 9780618249336 / 0618249338
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6 x 0.82 in (22.81 x 15.24 x 2.08 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects West (U.S.), American literature - Women authors
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003056893
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.803
Summary
In Crazy Woman Creek, 153 women west of the Mississippi write of the ways they shape and sustain their communities. Whether these groups are organized, imposed, or spontaneous, this collection shows that where women gather, anything is possible. Readers will encounter Buddhists in Nebraska, Hutterites in South Dakota, rodeo moms rather than soccer moms. A woman chooses horse work over housework; neighbors pull together to fight a raging wildfire; a woman rides a donkey across Colorado to raise money after the tragedy at Columbine. Women recall harmony found at a drugstore, at a powwow, in a sewing circle. Lively, heartfelt, urgent, enduring, Crazy Woman Creek celebrates community — connections built or strengthened by women that unveil a new West.
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/01/2004, Page 1537
- Booksense '76 June 2004, 06/01/2004, Page 1
- Library Journal, 05/15/2004, Page 84