

An edition of Prairie fever (2012)
British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890
By Peter Pagnamenta
Publish Date
2012
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co.
Language
eng
Pages
338
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.
subjects: Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Aristocracy (Social class), British, Wilderness areas, Pioneers, Biography, History, British, united states, West (u.s.), biography, Frontier and pioneer life, west (u.s.), West (u.s.), history, West (u.s.), social life and customs, British Americans, New York Times reviewed
Places: Great Britain, West (U.S.)
Times: 1860-1890, 1848-1860, To 1848, 19th century