{"product_id":"eight-women-two-model-ts-and-the-american-west-9780803260191","title":"Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West","description":"In 1924 eight young women drove across the American West in two Model T Fords. In nine weeks they traveled more than nine thousand unpaved miles on an extended car-camping trip through six national parks, \"without a man or a gun along.\" It was the era of the flapper, but this book tells the story of a group of farm girls who met while attending Iowa's Teacher's College and who shared a \"yen to see some things.\" A blend of oral and written history, adventure, memoir, and just plain heartfelt living, Eight Women is a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Weaving together a granddaughter's essays with family stories and anecdotes from the 1924 trip, the book portrays four generations of women extending from nineteenth-century Norway to present-day Iowa-and sets them loose across the western United States where the perils and practicalities of automotive travel reaffirm family connections while also celebrating individual freedom. Joanne Wilke's work has appeared in the Crazy Woman Creek: Women Rewrite the American West and Leaning into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West anthologies. She has also written pieces for the Montana Quarterly, the Pacific Review, and the Christian Science Monitor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Wilke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.58w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803260191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2007 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoanne Wilke's work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eCrazy Woman Creek: Women Rewrite the American West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeaning into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies. She has also written pieces for the\u003ci\u003e Montana Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003ePacific Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40974723973235,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_95822e8a-bc75-435e-9bf9-23360a7d8129.jpg?v=1695910378","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/eight-women-two-model-ts-and-the-american-west-9780803260191","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}