Westward to a High Mountain: The Colorado Writings of Helen Hunt Jackson (Paperback)

~ (Author), Mark I. West (Author, Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Colorado History Society (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942576357
• ISBN-13: 978-0942576351
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,735,124 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Heart and Life As Big As All Outdoors, May 14, 2008

By	Garman Lord - See all my reviews

Helen Hunt Jackson still has a fan club, apparently, presumably mainly amongst fans of the authentic Old West and people interested in Native American affairs. At least, you can Google your way to places where you can buy Helen Hunt Jackson teeshirts and such. Other than that, Jackson seems mainly remembered today for her friendship with Emily Dickinson, being by birth a New Englander, born just around the corner from Emily D's Amherst Mass home, and in the same year.

Having originally taken to the Western climate for her health, Jackson came late in life to discover, and advocate for, in her writings, the plight of the Native Americans. She was, however, no mere noissome agitator for social justice, but a remarkably gifted, well-tempered writer, seen in top form in many of the short works of which this slim book is comprised, as charmingly authentic in its Western descriptive narration and feel as a collection of Frederic Remington paintings; a lost American treasure, in effect, pregnant with all the delights of rediscovery.