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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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894.
Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 --Correspondence.
Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 --Family.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
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.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Wisconsin--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F584.W47 / B86 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 977.5/03092 B