Brave Hearted
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Brave Hearted
The epic story of the transformation of the American west, as seen through the eyes of the women who were there
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Hard-drinking, hard-living poker players and prostitutes of the new boom towns; wives and mothers travelling two and a half thousand miles across the prairies in covered-wagon convoys; African American women in search of freedom from slavery; Chinese sex-workers sold openly on the docks of San Francisco; Native American women brutally displaced by the unstoppable tide of white settlers — all had to be brave-hearted women.
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Brave Hearted by Katie Hickman has received praise for its gripping and vivid storytelling, shedding light on the experiences of women in the American West. Critics laud the book as an intense, page-turning triumph that combines cultural history with first-hand accounts, offering a fresh perspective that challenges traditional male-centric narratives. The writing is commended for being beautifully evocative, with the book deemed a vital contribution to both historical scholarship and engaging narrative.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780349008288
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 June 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Illustration: Photos
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 34.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 400
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About the Author
Katie Hickman is the author of nine previous books, including two bestselling works of non-fiction, Daughters of Britannia - in the Sunday Times bestseller lists for ten months and a twenty-part series for BBC Radio 4 - and Courtesans. She has also written a trilogy of historical novels - The Aviary Gate, The Pindar Diamond and The House at Bishopgate - which between them have been translated into twenty languages. Her other books include two highly acclaimed travel books. Travels with a Mexican Circus (originally published as A Trip to the Light Fantastic) was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, and was one of the Independent's Books of the Year. Her history of British women in pre-Raj India, She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen, was published in 2019. Born into a diplomatic family, Katie Hickman had a peripatetic childhood, growing up in Spain, Ireland, Singapore and South America. She lives in London on a converted barge on the River Thames.
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