Thomas F. (hardtack) - , reviewed on 3/7/2017 + 2574 more book reviews

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I picked up this book believing it was a real diary. However, while based on a real person, it is mostly fiction, although it incorporates many actual events.

Early in the book there was a rape and I felt this wasn't necessary to the story and almost stopped reading it. But I continued and was hooked.

The author did an excellent job convincing me the people in the story were real.

However, if you would like to read the diary of a real woman who lived in this period in the southwest, then I suggest the most excellent book, "No Life For a Lady" by Agnes Morley Cleaveland.

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