Dyer's dream
Subtitle: the history of a British town amid German countryside
By: by Kenneth Pins
Publisher: Kenneth Pins Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Rockville, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: History
Notes: Sources: p. 229-232.
Table of contents: title: Edith Polder and Dyersville's unique past --; title: Julien Dubuque --; title: Early arrivals to the Dyersville area --; title: The Brits come to Iowa --; title: The British farmers --; title: How African Americans arrived here --; title: Keeping an eye on land and church --; title: The leader of a new German movement --; title: Dyersville's role in the Civil War --; title: Dyersville incorporates in the 1870s --; title: Why did the British go? --; title: Herman Joseph Pins --; title: The church and the town , 1890-1928 --; title: John Pins attempts a new start --; title: Monsignor Hoffman and the basilica --; title: Changes in Dyersville the last 50 years.