UID:
almafu_9959229640302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (189 p.)
ISBN:
1-58729-066-9
Serie:
Bur Oak Book
Inhalt:
When the John Hugh Williams family immigrated to Homer, Iowa, in the 1850s, they had six children, ranging in age from five to twenty. Suddenly land poor, in debt, and caught in the Panic of '57, they sent their eldest son, James, to Georgia to work and add to the family income.The seventy-five letters collected here represent the family's correspondence to their absent son and brother. From 1858 to 1861, James' sisters, brothers, mother, and father wrote to him frequently, each with distinct views on their daily life and struggles. While Mr. Williams wrote most often ab
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""Iowa never looked more delightful""; 2. ""Lessons of humility and of humanity""; 3. ""The storm that hovers on the horizon""; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-87745-341-1
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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