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Pagnamenta, Peter.

Title Prairie fever : British aristocrats in the American West, 1830-1890 / Peter Pagnamenta.

Publication Info.	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012]
	©2012

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Location	Call No.	Status
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction	978.02 PAGNAMENTA	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	978.02 PAGNAMENTA	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction	978.02 PAG	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	xvii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prologue: 1887 : Frontier Days -- pt. 1. Freedom for the Spirit -- Encircling Vastness -- Beyond the Mississippi -- Red Men and Blue Bloods -- Buffalo Dreams -- "Who would not go a'pleasuring!" -- pt. 2. Staking a Claim -- Private Paradise -- A Place for the Boys -- "Hail Britannia!" -- Cattle Lords -- "Land Grabbers" -- Epilogue: 1887.
Summary	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.
Subject	British -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	British -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
	Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
	Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848.
	West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860.
	West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
	West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
ISBN	9780393072396 hardback
	0393072398 hardback

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