The document summarizes the book "Tomboy Bride" by Harriet Fish Bacus, which describes a woman who married and moved to the remote mining town of Tomboy, Colorado at 11,000 feet elevation in the early 1900s. Through hardships from the difficult living conditions at high altitude and isolation, including struggles with baking due to the thin air, the woman evolved from a tenderfoot into a strong mountain woman over the course of her time living there.

1. Imagine living at an altitude of 11,000 feet, chest deep in snow and in a small town hard to get
to, this is living at tomboy. Tomboy Bride by Harriet Fish Bacus, is about a woman that
married a man and moved to Tomboy mine. She changed over time she lived there and she
became a stronger mountain woman through her hard ships and challenges. Through out
living in the 1900's, in a small town named tomboy, Harriet fish bacus changed from a ruky
to a true mountain woman from her hard ships.
Harriet was a tenderfoot wait baking bread. "Usually when baking day arrived no bubbles came
to greeted my gaze. The yeast would be dead and i would hurry to borrow a new start ."
Page 41. This quote show that Harriet tried but she was unsuccessful baking at high altitude.
It is harder to bake at high altitude than at sea level. She also changed to a true mountain
woman.
After the troubles and challenges Harriet went through wail baking bread she managed to
makes a beautiful thanks giving dinner.