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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Pagnamenta, Peter.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pagnamenta, Peter.       by title:      Prairie fever : Brit...       by call number:      978.02 P139p     Search the Web     Pagnamenta, Peter.     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.       MARC Display

Prairie fever : British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890 / Peter Pagnamenta. by Pagnamenta, Peter. W.W. Norton & Co., c2012. Call #: 978.02 P139p 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. ISBN:  9780393072396 (hbk.) 0393072398 (hbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvii, 338 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-315) and index. Contents:  Encircling Vastness -- Beyond the Mississippi -- Red Men and Blue Bloods -- Buffalo Dreams -- "Who would not go a'pleasuring!" -- Private Paradise -- A Place for the Boys -- "Hail Britannia!" -- Cattle Lords -- "Land Grabbers". Summary:  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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 978.02 P139p Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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