The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superior educati...
Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. (Summar...
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise was offered...
This book recounts the experiences of a young woman as she navigates the transition from frontier life to the refined society of the East Coast. Leavi...
Hoosier Schoolmaster is a novel by Edward Eggleston that tells the story of a young man named Ralph Hartsook who becomes a teacher in a one-room schoo...
This collection of four short stories by Mary Hallock Foote offers a glimpse into the rugged and often romanticized world of the American West during...
Breakdown and Bereavement is a novel by Yosef Haim Brenner that explores the struggles of a young Jewish immigrant in Palestine under Ottoman rule. He...
A collection of thirteen short stories by Stewart Edward White, set in the American wilderness. The stories are based on White's own experiences and o...
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 by Harris Newmark is a fascinating and informative account of the early days of Los Angeles. Newmark, who...
This book, 'Pioneer Life Among the Loyalists in Upper Canada' by Walter Stevens Herrington, chronicles the experiences of Loyalists who fled the newly...
Oh! Can You Leave Your Native Land? is a collection of poems by Susanna Moodie, a Scottish immigrant who settled in Canada in the 1830s. The poems exp...
Judge Charles E. Flandrau's 'History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 2' delves into the experiences of early settlers in Minnesota during...
Dave Brings Home a Wife is a humorous novel about the trials and tribulations of a newly married couple, Dave and Lily. Dave is a shy farmer who final...
Tom Petrie's reminiscences, recorded by his daughter Constance in 1904, offer a unique glimpse into the early days of Queensland, Australia. Petrie ar...
Prairieblummen is a collection of poetry written by 19th-century Luxembourgish emigrants to the United States. The poems explore themes of nostalgia f...
