The lonesome plains

By Louis Fairchild

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life, Texas, social life and customs, Texas, history, Frontier and pioneer life, texas, Loneliness, State & Local, Eenzaamheid, General, Manners and customs, HISTORY, Camp meetings, History & Archaeology, Regions & Countries - Americas, Solitude, Pioneers, Religious life and customs, Begrafenissen, Sociale relaties, Social life and customs, Opwekkingsbewegingen, Funeral rites and ceremonies, History, Psychology, United States Local History

Description: "Loneliness pervaded the lives of pioneers on the American plains, including the empty expanses of West Texas. Most settlers lived in isolation broken only by occasional community gatherings such as funerals and religious revivals. In The Lonesome Plains, Louis Fairchild mines the letters and journals of West Texas settlers, as well as contemporary fiction and poetry, to record the emotions attending solitude and the ways people sought relief."--BOOK JACKET.