{"product_id":"eight-women-two-model-ts-and-the-american-west-paperback","title":"Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoanne Wilke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eEight Women\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.46 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47979607982328,"sku":"9780803260191","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/iFT-AJXp9U9780803260191.webp?v=1783106624","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/eight-women-two-model-ts-and-the-american-west-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}