You haven't asked me about my wedding or what I wore : poems of courtship on the American frontier

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Harris, Jana, author

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"Nowhere / on these parchment leaves do I find / myself, my likeness, my name, / not a whisper-Cynthia-not one / breath of me."For thirty years poet Jana Harris researched the diaries and letters o...

"Nowhere / on these parchment leaves do I find / myself, my likeness, my name, / not a whisper-Cynthia-not one / breath of me."For thirty years poet Jana Harris researched the diaries and letters of North American pioneer women. While the names and experiences of the authors varied, Harris found one story often connected them: their most powerful memories were of courtships and weddings. They dreamed of having a fine wedding while they spent their lives hauling water, scrubbing floors, and hoping for admirers. Many married men they hardly knew.Based on primary research of nineteenth-century fr

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