{"product_id":"undaunted-charles-r-russell-9781623493493","title":"Undaunted: A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas Volume 20","description":"Elise Waerenskjold is known to fans of Texas women writers as \"the lady with the pen,\" from the title of a book of her writings. A forward-looking journalist, she sent letters and articles back to Norway that encouraged others to follow her footsteps to Texas, where a small colony of Norwegian settlers were making a new life alongside--but distinct from--other European immigrants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndaunted\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full biography of Waerenskjold during her Texas years, a life story that shows much about Texas, especially in the Norwegian colonies, from 1847 until near the end of the century. Moreover, it tells the story of a strong and independent thinker who championed women's rights, was pro-Union and against slavery (though her husband was in the Confederate army and was subsequently murdered in Reconstruction-era violence), and left an intriguing body of writing about life on the edges of Texas settlement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Charles Russell's vivid account of Waerenskjold describes not only her influence among her countrymen but also her own life, which was a saga of considerable drama itself. It offers a clear and entertaining window onto immigrant life in Texas and the issues that shaped women's lives and elicited their talents in an earlier century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles H. Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623493498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623493493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Charles H. Russell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44321499578623,"sku":"9781623493493","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67bedfa3-b0ea-4831-b6cc-c33559479097.jpg?v=1696331216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/undaunted-charles-r-russell-9781623493493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}