Strong women of early Idaho : a booklet and CD / by P. Gary Eller ; songs performed with his Idaho musical friends.

Eller, Gary, 1947- (author.). Idaho Songs Project, (sponsoring body.).

Summary:

"This booklet begins with a short introduction, followed by fifteen vignettes about strong early-Idaho women and lyrics of song pertaining to them. The songs performed on the accompanying CD honor their contributions, stories, and escapades. [...] The booklet/CD contains eight songs written over the past few years [by Gary Eller]. The other seven songs came from a variety of sources." -- from preface.

Record details

Physical Description: 52 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, music ; 22 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)
Publisher: Nampa, Idaho : Slim Chance Music, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Cover title. This booklet and CD are a product of the Idaho Songs Project, established in 2006 to collect, interpret and preserve songs written before 1923 (before the radio era) about the people, places and events of early Idaho.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Whoa Ida-ho whoa / words by Andrew D. Sterling, music by Harry Von Tilzer, 1906 -- Walks Far Woman / Gary Eller, 2019 -- Missionary farewell / traditional -- Way out in the west / Gary Eller, 2019 -- Aunt Viney Moulton / Gary Eller, 2019 -- Banjo Nell / Gary Eller, 2016 -- May Arkwright Hutton / Gary Eller, 2019 -- Angle of repose / Gary Eller, 2019 -- What's the matter with old Lake Pend d'Oreille / Mira H. Persons and Osie R. Young, 1912 -- Idaho dry / unknown songwriter, 1914 -- Woman's rights / writer and date unknown -- Copperfield girl / Gary Eller, 2014 -- Oh, give me an Idaho trail / Esther America Brubacher, ca. 1947 -- Sheep queen of Idaho / Gary Eller, 2019 -- Down where the lost rivers flow / Flora Mason Foster, ca. 1918.