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"I do!" : courtship, love, and marriage on the American frontier : a glimpse at America's romantic past through photographs, diaries, and journals, 1715-1915. |
Author |
Luchetti, Cathy, 1945- |
Summary |
"I do!" : courtship, love, and marriage on the American frontier : a glimpse at America's romantic past through photographs, diaries, and journals, 1715-1915 / by Cathy Luchetti. The Westward expansion was a time of radical change in America. The upheaval of moving west and beginning a new life from scratch was difficult for those who made the trip. "Except for love..." said Isabella Bird of Colorado in 1873, "this is a wretched existence." In spite of the rough conditions and frequent shortages of suitable partners in the West, the pioneers met, fell in love and married, but were forced to adapt their courting to a frontier life. The civilized comforts and proprieties of the East yielded to many new ways of finding a mate, from personal ads to rental brides. The West was not all wild, however: Religion still played a strong role in western life, whether lovers were Mormon, Catholic, Baptist or Buddhist; and the traditions of immigrants from Europe, Asia and the Americas all helped to form courtship and marriage rituals on the frontier. Through period photographs, extracts from journals and letters and reminiscences, Cathy Luchetti's subjects tell the true story of romantic life on the American frontier. |
Object Name |
Book |
Physical Description |
308 p. : ill. ; 23 x 27 cm. Paperback book. |
Published Date |
1996 |
Publisher |
Crown Trade Paperbacks |
Call# |
MUSEUM 306.734 LUCHETTI |
ISBN |
0517884496 |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-303) and index. |
Catalog Number |
ISBN 0517884496 |
Edition |
1st |
Status |
Restricted |
Subjects |
Courtship--United States--History. Marriage--United States--History. Frontier and pioneer life--United States. United States--Social life and customs. |