{"product_id":"frontier-grit-revised-edition-the-unlikely-true-stories-of-daring-pioneer-women-9781639933952","title":"Frontier Grit, Revised Edition: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover the stories of twelve women who \"heard the call\" to settle the west and who came from all points of the globe to begin their journey.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When she was enslaved, Clara watched as her husband and children were trafficked, only to be reunited with her youngest daughter, as a free woman, six decades later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a young girl, Charlotte hid her gender to escape a life of poverty and became the greatest stagecoach driver that ever lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a Yankton-Nakota Sioux, Gertrude fought to give her Indigenous people a voice and to educate others about the ways and importance of her culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are gripping miniature dramas of good-hearted and courageous women, selfless providers, courageous immigrants and migrants, and women with skills too innumerable to list. Many were crusaders for social justice and women's rights. All endured hardships, overcame obstacles, broke barriers, and changed the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author ties the stories of these pioneer women to the experiences of women today with the hope that they will be inspired to live boldly and bravely and to fill their own lives with vision, faith, and fortitude. To live with grit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarianne Monson received her MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and primarily writes on topics related to women's history. She has taught English and Creative Writing at the community college and university levels and is the author of twelve books for children and adults, including the novels \u003ci\u003eHer Quiet Revolution \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Opera Sisters \u003c\/i\u003eand her nonfiction works \u003ci\u003eFrontier Grit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen of the Blue and Gray\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the founder of The Writer's Guild, a literary nonprofit, and writes from a 100-year-old house in Astoria, Oregon. Visit her at mariannemonson.com \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shadow Mountain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552828621074,"sku":"9781639933952","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3fbc2fe9-faf5-45b1-8190-414137a82c39.jpg?v=1754906733","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/frontier-grit-revised-edition-the-unlikely-true-stories-of-daring-pioneer-women-9781639933952","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}