• Authentic and intimate portrayal of an immense diversity of the women who faced life and death to move West for opportunity. Nuns, debutantes, prostitutes, missionaries, suffragettes, and mothers are vividly portrayed on their great American adventure. • New edition of a classic originally published in 1944. • This new edition is updated with typeset in a modern page design to enhance readability and reader satisfaction. (Original printings were often hot metal or letter press which does not allow for clean facsimile reproduction.) • Published with approval from the heir of the Nancy Wilson Ross estate and not available in public domain. • Nancy Wilson Ross was a popular writer of fiction and nonfiction born in Washington State. • Nancy’s obit in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/22/obituaries/nancy-wilson-ross-novelist-and-expert-on-eastern-religion.html • The text refers to these states primarily: Idaho, Oregon, Washington; but also includes: California, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania. These regions are covered as well: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont); Plains (Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado); Rocky Mountains (New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington) • Of interest to audiences similar history era TV shows like Hell on Wheels and Strange Empire. • Nancy Ross’s papers are at the University of Texas at Austin. The papers of this American writer encompass her entire literary career and include manuscript drafts, extensive correspondence, and subject files reflecting her interest in Eastern cultures.