02495nam 22005653u 450 991081475510332120230207231251.0(CKB)2550000000019505(EBL)836760(OCoLC)44961281(SSID)ssj0000487921(PQKBManifestationID)12186029(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487921(PQKBWorkID)10445860(PQKB)11556872(MiAaPQ)EBC836760(EXLCZ)99255000000001950520131216d1991|||| u|| |engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThis State of Wonders[electronic resource] The Letters of an Iowa Frontier Family, 1858-1861 /edited by John Kent FolmarIowa City University of Iowa Press19911 online resource (189 p.)Bur Oak BookDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-154-0 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; IndexWhen the John Hugh Williams family immigrated to Homer, Iowa, in the 1850's, 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-five letters collected here represent the family's correspondence to their absent son and brother. From 1858 to 1861, James' sisters, brothers, mother, and father wrote to him frequently, each with distinct views on their daily life and struggles. While Mr. Williams wrote most often abBur Oak BookFarmers -- Iowa -- CorrespondenceWilliams familyFarm lifeIowaHistoryFarmersIowaCorrespondenceIowaSocial life and customsFarmers -- Iowa -- Correspondence.Williams family.Farm lifeHistory.Farmers977.7/02977.702Folmar John Kent1932-1694085AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910814755103321This State of Wonders4072369UNINA