Prairie fever
Subtitle: British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890
By: Peter Pagnamenta
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780393072396
Subjects: Social life and customs; Frontier and pioneer life; Aristocracy (Social class); British; Wilderness areas; Pioneers; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: 1887 : Frontier Days; title: pt. 1. Freedom for the Spirit; title: Encircling Vastness; title: Beyond the Mississippi; title: Red Men and Blue Bloods; title: Buffalo Dreams; title: "Who would not go a'pleasuring!"; title: pt. 2. Staking a Claim; title: Private Paradise; title: A Place for the Boys; title: "Hail Britannia!"; title: Cattle Lords; title: "Land Grabbers"; title: Epilogue: 1887.