Gentlemen on the Prairie by Harnack,Curtis - 1985

Ames, Ia.: The Iowa State University Press, 1985. viii, 254 pages, b/w photos. map, notes, index. Decorative cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book 'focuses on the formation in the 1880s of a colony of upper-class British immigrants who viewed Iowa pioneering as a way of perpetuating the Victorian gentleman's code. It covers a broad range of social history of the latter part of the 19th century, from London drawing rooms to Iowa pig farms, and includes a careful scrutiny of Walter and James Cowan, brothers who were typical of Victorian gentlemen in this special venture'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.