The History of Louisa Barnes Pratt: The Autobiography of a Mormon Missionary Widow and Pioneer (Life Writings of Frontier Women Series, Vol 3) (Life Writings Frontier Women)

The autobiography of Mormon woman who traveled and lived throughout the United States and the world, following her missionary husband and newly established church. Louisa Barnes Pratt Narrates A Remarkable Frontier Odyssey Filled With Adventure, Trial, Personal Conflict, And Forced Independence. In Her Memoir, Which She Finished In The 1870s By Revising Her Long-time Journal And Diary, She Tells Of Childhood In Massachusetts And Canada During The War Of 1812, An Independent Career As A Teacher And Seamstress In New England, Her Marriage To The Boston Seaman Addison Pratt, And Their Home Life In New York. Converting To The Lds Church, They Moved To Nauvoo, Illinois, From Where Brigham Young Sent Addison On The First Of The Long Missions To The Society Islands That Would Leave Louisa On Her Own. A Single Parent, She Hauled Her Children West To Winter Quarters After The Mormons Abandoned Nauvoo And On To Utah In 1848.--book Jacket. In Fact, She Did Most Of It Without Help From A Man: Crossed The Plains And Mountains, Provided For Four Daughters And A Son, Remained Devoted To Her Religion, And Built And Left Seven Homes.--book Jacket. Edited By S. George Ellsworth. A New England Youth, At Nauvoo And Salt Lake City, Mission To The Society Islands, Mormon Life In California, Pioneering In Beaver, Utah. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [402]-404) And Index. Volume 3, Life Writings of Frontier Women series, ed. Maureen Ursenbach Beecher In her memoir, and 1870s revision of her journal and diary, Louisa Barnes Pratt tells of childhood in Massachusetts and Canada during the War of 1812, and independent career as a teacher and seamstress in New England, and her marriage to the Boston seaman Addison Pratt. Converting to the LDS Church, the Pratts moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, from where Brigham Young sent Addison on the first of the long missions to the Society Islands that would leave Louisa on her own. As a sole available parent, she hauled her children west to Winter Quarters, to Utah in 1848, to California, and, in Addison's wake, to Tahiti in 1850. The Pratts joined the Mormon colony at San Bernardino, California. When in 1858 a federal army's march on Utah led to the colonists'recall, Addision—alienated from the Mormon Church after long absences—chose not to go. Mostly separated thereafter (Addison died in 1872), Louisa settled in Beaver, Utah, where she campaigned for women's rights, contributed to the Woman's Exponent, and depended on her own means, as she had much of her life, until her death in 1880. In her memoir and 1870s revision of her journal and diary, Louisa Barnes Pratt tells of her childhood in Massachusetts and Canada during the War of 1812, her independent career as a teacher and seamstress in New England, and her marriage to the Boston seaman Addison Pratt. Converting to the LDS Church, the Pratts moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, from where Brigham Young sent Addison on the first of the long missions to the Society Islands that would leave Louisa on her own. As a sole available parent, she hauled her children west to Winter Quarters, to Utah in 1848, to California, and, in Addison's wake, to Tahiti in 1850. The Pratts joined the Mormon colony at San Bernardino, California. When in 1858 a federal army's march on Utah led to the colonists' recall, Addison--alienated from the Mormon Church after long absences--chose not to go. Mostly separated thereafter (Addison died in 1872), Louisa settled in Beaver, Utah, where she campaigned for women's rights, contributed to the Woman's Exponent, and depended on her own means, as she had much of her life, until her death in 1880. Henry Bigler was a common man who secured a place in history by accurately dating the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California. M. Guy Bishop provides a detailed look at his simple life. Amazon