| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 154 pages) : illustrations |
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A Bur Oak Book |
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Bur oak book.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""Iowa never looked more delightful""; 2. ""Lessons of humility and of humanity""; 3. ""The storm that hovers on the horizon""; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
When the John Hugh Williams family immigrated to Homer, Iowa, in the 1850s, they had six children, ranging in age from five to twenty. Suddenly land poor, in debt, and caught in the Panic of '57, they sent their eldest son, James, to Georgia to work and add to the family income. The seventy-five letters collected here represent the family's correspondence to their absent son and brother. From 1858 to 1861, James' sisters, brothers, mother, and father wrote to him frequently, each with distinct views on their daily life and struggles. While Mr. Williams wrote most often about money, farm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Williams family.
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| SUBJECT |
Williams family fast |
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Farm life -- Iowa -- History
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Farmers -- Iowa -- Correspondence
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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Farm life
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Farmers
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
Iowa -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Iowa
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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personal correspondence.
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History
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Personal correspondence
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Personal correspondence.
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Correspondance privée.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Folmar, John Kent, 1932-
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| LC no. |
86007012 |
| ISBN |
1587290669 |
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9781587290664 |
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