LEADER 02482nam 22005653u 450 001 9910456383203321 005 20210111233034.0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019505 035 $a(EBL)836760 035 $a(OCoLC)44961281 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000487921 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12186029 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487921 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10445860 035 $a(PQKB)11556872 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC836760 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019505 100 $a20131216d1991|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aThis State of Wonders$b[electronic resource] $eThe Letters of an Iowa Frontier Family, 1858-1861 /$fedited by John Kent Folmar 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d1991 215 $a1 online resource (189 p.) 225 1 $aBur Oak Book 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-154-0 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aWhen the John Hugh Williams family immigrated to Homer, Iowa, in the 1850's, they had six children, ranging in age from five to twenty. Suddenly land poor, in debt, and caught in the Panic of '57, they sent their eldest son, James, to Georgia to work and add to the family income.The seventy-five letters collected here represent the family's correspondence to their absent son and brother. From 1858 to 1861, James' sisters, brothers, mother, and father wrote to him frequently, each with distinct views on their daily life and struggles. While Mr. Williams wrote most often ab 410 0$aBur Oak Book 606 $aFarmers -- Iowa -- Correspondence 606 $aWilliams family 606 $aFarm life$zIowa$xHistory 606 $aFarmers$zIowa$vCorrespondence 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aFarmers -- Iowa -- Correspondence. 615 4$aWilliams family. 615 0$aFarm life$xHistory. 615 0$aFarmers 676 $a977.7/02 676 $a977.702 701 $aFolmar$b John Kent$f1932-$0883336 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456383203321 996 $aThis State of Wonders$91973034 997 $aUNINA