Life in prairie land

By Eliza W. Farnham

Subjects: Biography, Frontier and pioneer life, northwest, old, Manners and customs, Pioneers, Social life and customs, Description and travel, Women pioneers, History, Travel

Description: Eliza Farnham (1815-1864) was a novelist, feminist, abolitionist and activist for prison reform. She moved to Illinois from New York in 1835 and married, returning to New York in 1841. This memoir covers those years on the Illinois prairie, near Pekin.