This State of wonders : the letters of an Iowa frontier family, 1858-1861 /
When the John Hugh Williams family immigrated to Homer, Iowa, in the 1850s, they had six children, ranging in age from five to twenty. Suddenly land poor, in debt, and caught in the Panic of '57, they sent their eldest son, James, to Georgia to work and add to the family income. The seventy-fiv...
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| Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
| Хэл сонгох: | англи |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
1986.
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| Хэвлэл: | 1st ed. |
| Цуврал: | Bur oak book.
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| Онлайн хандалт: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21993 |
Агуулга:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""Iowa never looked more delightful""; 2. ""Lessons of humility and of humanity""; 3. ""The storm that hovers on the horizon""; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index