Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden

Nothing Daunted:  The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden is a 286-page softcover published in April 2012 by Scribner. Book Summary In the summer of 1916, Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood, bored by society luncheons, charity work, and the effete men who courted them, left their families in Auburn, New York, to teach school in the wilds of northwestern Colorado. They lived with a family of homesteaders in the Elkhead Mountains and rode to school on Horseback, often and blinding blizzards. Their students walked or skied, and tattered clothes and shoes tied together with string. The young cattle rancher who had lured them West, Ferry Carpenter, had promised them the adventure of a lifetime. He hadn't let on that they would be considered dazzling prospective brides for the locals. Nearly a hundred years later, Dorothy Wickenden, the granddaughter of Dorothy Woodruff, found the teacher's buoyant letters home, which captured the voices of the pioneer women, the children, and other unforgettable people the women got to know. In reconstructing their journey, Wickenden has created an exhilarating saga about to intrepid women and the "settling up" of the West. ISBN:  978-1-4391-7659-7