Prairie Fever - Softcover

Peter Pagnamenta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715645331 ISBN 13: 9780715645338

Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

From the 1830s onward, a succession of well-born Britons headed to the American wilderness to find fulfilment. They brought their dogs, valets and the attitudes and prejudices of their class with them. With comic detail, Peter Pagnamenta shows what the locals made of the newcomers as they crossed the country to see the Indians, hunted buffalo and eventually built cattle empires. But as the British became big American landowners, they found themselves attacked as land vultures attempting a new colonisation.

About this title

Product Description:

From the 1830s onwards, a succession of British aristocrats headed for the American West, taking with them their valets, their dogs - and their prejudices. This sparkling account describes the newcomers' experiences as they crossed the country to meet Native Americans, hunt buffalo and build cattle empires. Packed with lively incident and colourful personalities, it also charts their reception by Americans often less than pleased at the return of their former colonial overlords.

Review:

A remarkable new book --Daily Mail

In this fascinating history Peter Pagnamenta tells the stories of these aristocratic pioneers with an eye for both comic and sympathetic detail --We Love This Book

A parade of colourful personalities and richly detailed scenes which entertain and, cumulatively, expose the violence of cultural imperialism --TLS

About this edition

• Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0715645331
• ISBN 13: 9780715645338
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368