Woman in the wilderness [electronic resource] : letters of Harriet Wood Wheeler, missionary wife, 1832-1892 / Nancy Bunge.
Material type: TextPublication details: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010Description: xvi, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, mapsISBN: 9781609172039 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 | Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 -- Correspondence | Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 -- Family | Women pioneers -- Wisconsin -- Biography | Missionaries' spouses -- Wisconsin -- Biography | Ojibwa Indians -- Missions -- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century | Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin | Women -- Education -- United States -- Case studies | Wisconsin -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 977.5/03092 | B LOC classification: F584.W47 | B86 2010Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Preparation for the journey -- The reality of mission life -- Building a home alone in the forest -- Standing with the Ojibwe against removal and smallpox -- Struggling against sickness -- Harriet's children -- Life without a mission.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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