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Brave Hearted
- The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West
- Narrated by: Katie Hickman, Nerissa Bradley
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
"Myth and misunderstanding spring from the American frontier as readily as rye grass from sod, and—like the wiry grass—seem as difficult to weed out and discard."
The true-life story of women's experiences in the 'Wild West' is more gripping, more heart-rending, and more stirring than all the movies, novels, folk-legends and ballads that popular imagination has been able to create.
Whether they were the hard-drinking hard-living poker players and prostitutes of the new boom towns, 'ordinary' wives and mothers walking two thousand miles across the prairies pulling their handcarts behind them, Chinese slave-brides working in laundries, or the Native American women displaced by the mass migration of the 'whites' to their lands, all have one trait in common: that of extreme resilience and courage in the face of the unknown.
Listening to the extraordinary accounts they have left behind them, their experiences seem as strange to us today as it must have been to have lived through them, perhaps even stranger. They were put to the test, in terms of sheer survival, in ways that we can only dimly imagine.
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Critic reviews
"Fascinating...I was swept along by Hickman's concise chapters and her crisp, wry style." (The Times)
"Absolutely brilliant...remarkable women, until now almost unknown. I was so gripped I couldn't put it down." (Antonia Fraser)
"Goes beneath the surface of imperial male history...a cast of extraordinary women. Wonderful." (Anita Anand)
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- melfish
- 10-05-23
An interesting account
Having recently read other accounts of the indigenous population’s demise set during this period, it is very interesting to hear of chronological tales. Very informative.
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- Alpa
- 28-09-24
Heroic women against all odds
Some stories were more riveting than others but undoubtedly it was struggle by almost ALL women against men, the elements, the land and their own minds during the "founding" of modern America. How the physical characteristics shaped the journeys and ambitions of the colonialists is something I'd never really considered before. In the UK, you tend to hear about the pilgrim father's etc but the stories about the Oregon trail was new to me.
In terms of the present day, the uncanny parallels between colonalisation of America and Israel explains why the former is supportive of the latter. The notion they were given a God given right to steal lands from native populations and claim them as their own. The genocidal tendencies and the brazen superiority of white men and women with few notable exceptions are clearly documented by the author.
Overall, the story of Olive Oatman and her tragedy left me wondering how she truly felt about her life and the people she had encountered. We will never truly know.
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