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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…
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A Home in the West: Or, Emigration and Its Consequences Paperback - 2005
by M. Emilia Rockwell; Sharon E. Wood (Editor)
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- Title A Home in the West: Or, Emigration and Its Consequences
- Author M. Emilia Rockwell; Sharon E. Wood (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Critical
- Pages 141
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Iowa Press, Iowa City
- Date 2005-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780877459439 / 0877459436
- Weight 0.24 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 6.06 x 4.6 x 0.38 in (15.39 x 11.68 x 0.97 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Women pioneers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004062114
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Library Journal, 06/15/2005, Page 118
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