The Welsh in America : letters from the immigrants. /

The Welsh formed a small but significant part of the great migration from Europe to the United States during the nineteenth century. In this volume they tell their own story in letters they wrote from America to their families and friends back home. The letters are highly readable, written, for the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Roberts, Sarah, Conway, Alan, 1920-2003
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1961]
Series:North American women's letters and diaries.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttts8t0
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CROSSING THE ATLANTIC
  • THE MOTHER-LODE: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND OHIO
  • FARMING IN ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, IOWA, AND TENNESSEE
  • FARMING IN MISSOURI, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, AND TEXAS
  • FARMING'S LAST FRONTIER: OREGON AND WASHINGTON
  • IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY: COALMINING
  • IRON AND STEEL AND TIN-PLATE INDUSTRIES
  • ON THE MINING FRONTIERS
  • DURING THE CIVIL WAR
  • IN SEARCH OF ZION
  • EPILOGUE
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y.