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A home in the West, or, Emigration and its consequences [electronic resource]

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This is the first novel published in Iowa. Printed in Dubuque in 1858, it was written to recruit emigrants to Iowa; what makes it unique among emigration literature is the fact that it was directed at women, using the form of a domestic novel loaded with gentle mothers and stalwart fathers, flower-gemmed prairies and vine-draped cottages, and lots of tender words and humble weddings to encourage women to settle in the new state. Mary Emilia Rockwell tells the story of Walter and Annie Judson, who one desperate March night decide to move to the West in search of a better life. Walter is an exp

Title A home in the West, or, Emigration and its consequences [electronic resource] / M. Emilia Rockwell
edited by Sharon E. Wood.
Additional Titles Home in the West
Emigration and its consequences
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Iowa City : University of Iowa Press
Creation Date c2005
Notes Originally published: Dubuque, Iowa : Dubuque Express and Herald, 1858.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 27).
English
Content Introduction
CHAPTER I: The Resolution
CHAPTER II: Preparation.-The Journey.
CHAPTER III: Fair Prospects-Indians-A Sad Story.
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
Series A bur oak book
Extent 1 online resource (150 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010713691705171
MARC RECORDS
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