Gentlemen on the Prairie : Victorians in Pioneer Iowa /

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harnack, Curtis, 1927-2013
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2011.
Series:Bur oak book.
Subjects:
Cowan, Walter.
Cowan, James, > 1862 or 1863-1940.
Cowan, James, > 1862 or 1863-1940
Cowan, Walter
1800 - 1899
British > Big Sioux River Valley (S.D. and Iowa) > History > 19th century.
Agricultural colonies > Big Sioux River Valley (S.D. and Iowa) > History > 19th century.
Britanniques > Big Sioux, Vallée de la (Dak. du S. et Iowa) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Colonies agricoles > Big Sioux, Vallée de la (Dak. du S. et Iowa) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Agricultural colonies
British
Close Colony (Iowa) > History.
Big Sioux River Valley (S.D. and Iowa) > History.
Big Sioux, Vallée de la (Dak. du S. et Iowa) > Histoire.
United States > Big Sioux River Valley
History
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Gentlemen on the Prairie : Victorians in Pioneer Iowa /
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