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Book Review of Tomboy Bride: A Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West

Tomboy Bride: A Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West
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This is a very interesting look at life as a miner's wife, as she travels from Colorado, to B.C., and on to Idaho. She paints a very vivid picture of life in the remote Colorado mountains with the joys and hardships that entail her life in sickness, in tragedies, in the joys of neighbors leaning on one another. She had an absolutely wonderful attitude in all she faced, and tells of the local history of each place, some quite amusing. The author will make you feel as though you were there with her in her travels. She has pictures included in the book to help the reader get a better perspective of the areas in which she lived. Well worth the read.