The Colonel's Lady on the Western Frontier

"Alice Kirk Grierson (1828-1888) wrote letters over a lifetime that will forever change the stereotypical image of the 'Madonna of the prairie.'. . . [T]his set of letters detail[s] how Benjamin Grierson's wife actively managed her home and children . . . challenged Victorian attitudes about women's dependency and became 'a tough and intrepid woman.'"-V. T. Avery, Choice.