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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pagnamenta, Peter
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012], ©2012.
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Physical Description:xvii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a 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. 
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