Prairie Fever : : British Aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890
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Prologue: 1887 : Frontier days -- pt. 1. Freedom for the spirit -- Encircling vastness -- Beyond the Mississippi -- Red men and blue bloods -- Buffalo dreams -- "Who would not go a'pleasuring!" -- pt. 2. Staking a claim -- Private paradise -- A place forthe boys -- "Hail Britannia!" -- Cattle lords -- "Land grabbers" -- Epilogue: 1887.
Recounts the lives and adventures of British aristocrats who explored and settled in the American West between 1830 and 1890, becoming landowners and making social adjustments to rub elbows with fur traders, Indians, and buffalo.
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PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xvii, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393072396
0393072398
SUBJECTS
British -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
British -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.