This State of wonders : the letters of an Iowa frontier family, 1858-1861 / edited by John Kent Folmar.

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Folmar, John Kent, 1932-

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TextSeries: Bur oak bookPublication details: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1986.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xxix, 154 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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1587290669
9781587290664

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: This State of wonders.DDC classification:

977.7/02 19

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F621 .T48 1986eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index.

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.

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