Prairie Albion An English Settlement in Pioneer Illinois
| Author/creator | Boewe, Charles, 1924- Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor] |
| Description | 360 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Shawnee Classics Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation <div><div><p>Originally published in 1962, this story of the English Settlement in pioneer Illinois is compiled from the eyewitness accounts of the participants. The founders, Morris Birkbeck and George Flower, as well as their associates and the many visitors to their prairie settlement, wrote mainly for immediate and sometimes controversial ends. Charles Boewe has selected excerpts from letters, descriptions, diaries, histories, and periodicals within a chronological framework to emphasize the implicit drama of the settlers' deeds as they searched for a suitable site, founded their colony, and augmented their forces with new arrivals from England. No less dramatic is the subsequent estrangement of the two founders, the disillusionment of many of the English settlers, the untimely death of Birkbeck, and the financial ruin of Flower.</p><p> </p></div></div> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 99021403 |
| ISBN | 9780809322831 |
| ISBN | 0809322838 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780809322831 |
| Stock number | 00024754 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |