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Gentlemen on the Prairie : Victorians in Pioneer Iowa /

In the 1880s, the well-connected young Englishman William B. Close and his three brothers, having bought thousands of acres of northwest Iowa prairie, conceived the idea of enticing sons of Britain's upper classes to pursue the life of the landed gentry on these fertile acres. "Yesterday a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harnack, Curtis, 1927-2013
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2011.
Colección:Bur oak book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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