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Prairie fever : British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890
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Prairie fever : British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890 / Peter Pagnamenta.
ISBN
9780393072396 (hbk.)
0393072398 (hbk.)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
Recounts the lives and adventures of British aristocrats who explored and settled in the American West between 1830 and 1890, becoming landowners and making social adjustments to rub elbows with fur traders, Indians, and buffalo.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: 1887 : Frontier Days
pt. 1. Freedom for the Spirit
Encircling Vastness
Beyond the Mississippi
Red Men and Blue Bloods
Buffalo Dreams
"Who would not go a'pleasuring!"
pt. 2. Staking a Claim
Private Paradise
A Place for the Boys
"Hail Britannia!"
Cattle Lords
"Land Grabbers"
Epilogue: 1887.
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