Author: KINSELLA, STEVEN R.
Title: 900 Miles from Nowhere Voices from the Homestead Frontier
Description: St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0873515722. DJ has light edge wear, scuffingsmall bump bottom edge of book. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 196 pages; From the front DJ flap: "It was on the vast American Prairie that people from around the world seized the opportunity for personal and economic freedom promised by free land. Traveling across oceans and continents, these hard-nosed, pragmatic people began arriving in the 1860s with shovels and plows, convinced they were part of something important. They were. Putting hand to plow and breaking the sod for their first crude homes, these hardy settlers left and indelible imprint on American history and on the country`s character.". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0873515722 immigrants American West great plains Settlers History::USA


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