Letters by Lamplight a Womans View of Everyday Life in South Texas, 1873-1883. - Paperback

by Lois E. Myers (Author)

Through letters written by one family in post-Reconstruction Texas, Myers shows what life was like in this part of the Old West from a feminine perspective. The detailed letters of joy and struggle on the frontier remind us, Myers points out, that "broad historical events... are made up of myriad ordinary lives."

Author Biography

Lois E. Myers is Associate Director of the Baylor Institute for Oral History and Secretary of the Texas Oral History Association.