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Prairie Fever British Aristocrats in the American West 1830 To 1890

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ISBN-10: 0393072398

ISBN-13: 9780393072396

Edition: 2012

Authors: Peter Pagnamenta

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From the 1830s onward, a succession of well-born Britons headed west to the great American wilderness to find adventure and fulfillment. They brought their dogs, sporting guns, valets, and all the attitudes and prejudices of their class. Prairie Fever explores why the West had such a strong romantic appeal for them at a time when their inherited wealth and passion for sport had no American equivalent.In fascinating and often comic detail, the author shows how the British behaved—and what the fur traders, hunting guides, and ordinary Americans made of them—as they crossed the country to see the Indians, hunt buffalo, and eventually build cattle empires and buy up vast tracts of the West. But…    
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Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/18/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.60" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Peter Pagnamenta is a television producer and writer who specialises in current affairs and history series. He was the executive producer and writer of People's Century, and a former editor of Panorama and 24 hours. Momoko Williams was born and bought up in Japan. She has over 20 years experience of researching for documentaries, including, The 20th Century, and will translate Arthur's letters.

Introduction
Maps
Prologue: 1887-Frontier Days
Freedom for the Spirit
Encircling Vastness
Beyond the Mississippi
Red Men and Blue Bloods
Buffalo Dreams
"Who Would Not Go A'Pleasuring!"
Staking A Claim
Private Paradise
A Place for the Boys
"Hail Britannia!"
Cattle Lords
"Land Grabbers"
Epilogue: 1887
Acknowledgments
Notes
Credits
Index