Writing Illinois
Subtitle: The Prairie, Lincoln, and Chicago
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: November 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780252018503
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literature: Texts; American Literature (Specific Aspects); Special Subjects In Literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; USA; American - General; History / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI); In literature; Lincoln, Abraham; American literature; Authors, American; History and criticism; Homes and haunts; Illinois; Prairies in literature
First sentence: In 1833, a young Scotsman named Patrick Shirreff visited Illinois in the course of an American tour undertaken so he could advise his younger brother about emigration.