Item details: Prairie fever : British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890 - 46701128

Prairie fever : British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890

text Prairie fever : British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890

Pagnamenta, Peter.

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.

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 Pl... Read more

Format: text

Description: xvii, 338 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	978.02 PAG in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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TADL-WOOD	978.02 PAG in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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British West (U.S.) History 19th century Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain History 19th century British West (U.S.) Biography Pioneers West (U.S.) Biography Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.) Wilderness areas West (U.S.) History 19th century West (U.S.) History To 1848 West (U.S.) History 1848-1860 West (U.S.) History 1860-1890 West (U.S.) Social life and customs 19th century

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