This State of Wonders [[electronic resource] ] : The Letters of an Iowa Frontier Family, 1858-1861 / / edited by John Kent Folmar
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This State of Wonders [[electronic resource] ] : The Letters of an Iowa Frontier Family, 1858-1861 / / edited by John Kent Folmar
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| Pubblicazione: | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 977.7/02 |
| 977.702 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Farmers -- Iowa -- Correspondence |
| Williams family | |
| Farm life - Iowa - History | |
| Farmers - Iowa | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Iowa Social life and customs |
| Altri autori: |
FolmarJohn Kent <1932->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | When 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | This State of Wonders |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814755103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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