Bunge, Nancy L.

Woman in the wilderness letters of Harriet Wood Wheeler, missionary wife, 1832-1892 / [electronic resource] : Nancy Bunge. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010. - xvi, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps.

Includes 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.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2012.
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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--History--Wisconsin--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--Wisconsin.
Women--Education--United States--Case studies.


Wisconsin--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.


Electronic books.

F584.W47 / B86 2010eb

977.5/03092 B