The lonesome plains

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.

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

Places: West Texas

Times: 19th century