Melissa M. (MemoRandom) reviewed on 1/2/2011 + 78 more book reviews

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Mrs. Backus (and she comes from the era when the "Mrs." was worn proudly) writes an engaging memoir of her life as the wife of a mining engineer at the turn of the last century. His first job was at the Tomboy mine in Colorado. Hers was a life of drudgery and deprivation, punctuated by catastrophe and emergency. Through it all, her love for her husband shines to remind the reader why she embraced such a lifestyle. We follow Hattie through her own career as a teacher in the mining camp and later, a devoted mother and homemaker. If you remember outhouses and bucket baths, you will celebrate with the Backuses their first indoor bath, complete with bathtub. And if you appreciate history from those who really lived it, "Tomboy Bride" will be your kind of page-turner.

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