A Home in the West: Or, Emigration and Its Consequences
por Rockwell, M. Emilia
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Brochura
- Condição
- Muito Bom/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0877459436
- ISBN 13
- 9780877459439
- Livreiro
-
CEDAR GROVE, West Virginia, United States
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Iowa City, IA: University Of Iowa Press, 2005. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 5x4x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. slight edge wear; 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 exploited, debt-ridden carpenter who knows that "if we could go to the West, to one of those new States where work is plenty, wages high and land cheap, we could make a more comfortable living, and besides soon have a home of our own." Annie has "all a woman's devotion and self-denial"; loving and supportive, she takes the path of duty and moves her little family to "a pleasant little village in Iowa." In Newburg, everyone is newly arrived, hard-working, and self-sacrificing, facing difficulties with the certainty of prosperity and independence to come. In spite of dramatic setbacks, Walter prospers, and he and Annie build a "beautiful and commodious" house in the growing community of Hastings. The book ends with a return visit to Connecticut, where the Judsons and a series of surprising events persuade Annie's parents to move to Iowa too, and everyone is reunited in their home in the West.
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- Livreiro
- Kayleighbug Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 057398
- Título
- A Home in the West: Or, Emigration and Its Consequences
- Autor
- Rockwell, M. Emilia
- Formato/Encadernação
- Brochura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0877459436
- ISBN 13
- 9780877459439
- Editorial
- University Of Iowa Press
- Local de publicação
- Iowa City, IA
- Data de publicação
- 2005
- Dimensão
- 5x4x0
- Catálogos de livreiros
- General Fiction;
- X weight
- 5 oz
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