Richard Edwards Great Plains Homesteaders (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Great Plains HomesteadersCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 149623894XEAN: 9781496238948ISBN: 9781496238948Publisher: University of Nebraska PressRelease Date: 09/01/2024Description: Great Plains Homesteaders tells the epic story of how millions of people, white and Black, women and men, young and old, and of many different religions, languages, and ethnic groups, moved to the Great Plains to claim land. Most were poor, so the government’s offer of “free” farms through the Homestead Act of 1862 seemed a godsend. The settlers found harsh growing conditions and many perils—including exploitation by railroads and banks, droughts, prairie fires, and bitter winters—yet they persisted. The settlers successfully “proved up” nearly a million claims between the 1860s and the 1920s. They filled up the immense grassland, transforming it into productive farms, the beginning of the region’s agriculture. They also created a distinct culture that continues to shape their estimated fifty million descendants living today. Every homesteader’s experience was different, as particular and distinct as the people were themselves. Yet their collective story, with all its hardships and toil, its ambitions and setbacks, its fresh starts and failures and successes, is central to the American experience.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 127mmAuthor: Richard EdwardsGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, HistoryBook Series: Discover the Great PlainsType: Earth-Based ReligionsRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: Great Plains Homesteaders

Title: Great Plains Homesteaders

ISBN-10: 149623894X

EAN: 9781496238948

ISBN: 9781496238948

Release Date: 09/01/2024

Release Year: 2024

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Series: Discover the Great Plains

Type: Earth-Based Religions

Book Title: Great Plains Homesteaders

Number of Pages: 198 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Topic: United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)

Publication Year: 2024

Item Height: 0.6 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: History

Item Weight: 9.2 Oz

Author: Richard Edwards

Item Length: 7.9 in

Item Width: 4.9 in

Book Series: Discover the Great Plains Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback