The West, also known as the "frontier", is a place of wealth, adventure, opportunity, and untrammeled individualism (The Unfinished Nation, 429). To Rachel Calof the west was a place of horror, and rugged-individualism, but also growth, and new beginnings. She conquered many fears, and went through many harsh times, while managing to raise and provide for a family. Rachel Calof is a woman of many virtues; born in Russia in 1876, she has two brothers and one …showed first 75 words of 657 total…

…showed last 75 words of 657 total… of Rachel Calof. Rachel manages to embody all qualities of a true frontiersman, with much skill and self-respect. Rachel sums her life up perfectly when she said, "I had traveled a long and often torturous way from the little town in Russia where I was born. It wasn't an easy road by any means, but if you love the living of life you must know the journey was well worth it"( Rachel Calof's Story, 91).