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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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Titolo: This State of Wonders [[electronic resource] ] : The Letters of an Iowa Frontier Family, 1858-1861 / / edited by John Kent Folmar Visualizza cluster
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->  
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
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Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814755103321
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