Title: Intricate relations
Description: "In June 1854 the Grand Excursion celebrated in festive style the completion of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad to the Mississippi River. Hundreds of dignitaries traveled by rail from Chicago to Rock Island, Illinois, then by steamboat to St. Paul in Minnesota Territory. One hundred and fifty years later, the thirteen essays in this volume examine the activities and environments of the 1854 Grand Excursion and place them in the context of an evolving regional identity for the Upper Mississippi River Valley based on the economy, culture, geography, and history of the area."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: American fiction, Desire in literature, Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Sex, Economics in literature, History and criticism, Property in literature, Sex, Sex in literature, American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, Description and travel, History, Local History, Landscapes, Regionalism, Landscape
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century