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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     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...         MARC Display

Prairie fever : British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890 / Peter Pagnamenta. by Pagnamenta, Peter. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012. 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 : 0393072398 Description:  xvii, 338 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  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 for the Boys -- "Hail Britannia!" -- Cattle Lords -- "Land Grabbers" -- Epilogue: 1887. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 978.02 Pa Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 978.02 Pagnamenta Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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