Object: Matrimony: The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier by Chris Enss

Object: Matrimony: The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier

Chris Enss

153 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative inspiring medium-paced
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Desperate to strike it rich during the Western Gold Rushes and eager for the free land afforded them through the Homestead Act, men went west alone and sacrificed many creature comforts. Only after they arrived at their destinations did some of th...

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