Gentlemen on the Prairie
Author | : Curtis Harnack |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1985 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015011239210 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Download or read book Gentlemen on the Prairie written by Curtis Harnack and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1985 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Focuses on a remarkable episode in the settling of the American Midwest, the formation in the 1880s of a colony of upper-class British immigrants who viewed Iowa pioneering as a way of perpetuating the Victorian gentleman's code. This social history examines the premises upon which the colony was built, follows its rise and fall, and portrays some of the lives of the resident gentlemen and ladies."--Book jacket.