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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.
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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.
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Prairie fever : British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890 / Peter Pagnamenta.
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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.
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