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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
1986.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Bur oak book.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21993 |
Table of Contents:
- 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