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Gentlemen on the Prairie
Author | : Curtis Harnack |
Publsiher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2011-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781587299681 |
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In the 1880s, the well-connected young Englishman William B. Close and his three brothers, having bought thousands of acres of northwest Iowa prairie, conceived the idea of enticing sons of Britain’s upper classes to pursue the life of the landed gentry on these fertile acres. “Yesterday a wilderness, today an empire”: their bizarre experiment, which created a colony for people “of the better class” who were not in line to inherit land but whose fathers would set them up in farming, flourished in Le Mars, Iowa (and later in Pipestone, Minnesota), with over five hundred youths having a go at farming. In Gentlemen on the Prairie, Curtis Harnack tells the remarkable story of this quite unusual chapter in the settling of the Midwest. Many of these immigrants had no interest in American citizenship but enjoyed or endured the challenging adventure of remaining part of the empire while stranded on the plains. They didn’t mix socially with other Le Mars area residents but enjoyed such sports as horse racing, fox hunts, polo, and an annual derby followed by a glittering grand ball. Their pubs were named the House of Lords, the House of Commons, and Windsor Castle; the Prairie Club was a replica of a London gentlemen’s club, an opera house attracted traveling shows, and their principal hotel was Albion House. In St. George’s Episcopal Church, prayers were offered for the well-being of Queen Victoria. Problems soon surfaced, however, even for these well-heeled aristocrats. The chief problem was farm labor; there was no native population to exploit, and immigrant workers soon bought their own land. Although sisters might visit the colonists and sometimes marry one of them, appropriate female companionship was scarce. The climate was brutal in its extremes, and many colonists soon sold their acres at a profit and moved to countries affiliated with Britain. When the financial depression in the early 1890s lowered land values and made agriculture less profitable, the colony collapsed. Harnack skillfully draws upon the founder’s “Prairie Journal,” company ledgers, and other records to create an engaging, engrossing story of this quixotic pioneering experiment. f
A Basket of Chips
Author | : Joseph Bert Smiley |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : American wit and humor |
ISBN | : NYPL:33433074794748 |
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Congressional Record
Author | : United States. Congress |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1438 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : HARVARD:32044116500000 |
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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Gentleman of Leisure
Author | : Susan Hall |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Pimps |
ISBN | : 1576873110 |
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A facsimile edition of the first 1972 edition that followed Silky, a pimp, and his women through an entire year of life on the streets of New York City. Bob Adelman dives headlong onto the world of the original Macks and players - the Big City Pimps - in this in-depth photographic exploration of the underworld figures that populated the streets of New York City. Armed with only a camera Adelman entered the lives of Silky and his women. This facsimile edition re-introduces this classic of the times and makes available, once more, this compelling and hugely popular book.
Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada
Author | : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 882 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : IOWA:31858028207656 |
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House of Commons Debates
Author | : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 824 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112120085813 |
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Debates of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada
Author | : Canada. Parliament. Senate |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 780 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : UCAL:B2887131 |
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Public Works Appropriations 1958
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1520 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Public works |
ISBN | : UCAL:B3636703 |
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