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Prairie State: Impressions of Illinois, 1673-1967, by Travelers and Other Observers

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Description:In Prairie State, Paul M. Angle has collected the impressions of travelers and settlers who saw Illinois at all stages of it's history. The material ranges from letters to friends and diaries that were never intended for publication, to formal travel accounts. Angle has emphasized descriptive rather than narrative material with the result that Prairie State reveals as much about the observers as it does about the experiences they record.Through the eyes of obscure farmers, genteel lady travelers, or famous visitors like Dickens, Sidney Webb, and Simone de Beauvoir, Prairie State vividly presents developing Illinois, showing the transformation of this "far western" frontier from territory to state. Throughout the book, Angle has balanced descriptions of Chicago with pictures of downstate Illinois, reminding readers that towns like Galena and Cairo were thriving population centers when Chicago was a way station, and an unpromising one at that.Prairie State was sponsored by the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission for the 150th anniversary of the State of Illinois. The text is illustrated with line drawings by Virgil Burnett and maps by Barbara Long.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Prairie State: Impressions of Illinois, 1673-1967, by Travelers and Other Observers. To get started finding Prairie State: Impressions of Illinois, 1673-1967, by Travelers and Other Observers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 624

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Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: 1968

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Description: In Prairie State, Paul M. Angle has collected the impressions of travelers and settlers who saw Illinois at all stages of it's history. The material ranges from letters to friends and diaries that were never intended for publication, to formal travel accounts. Angle has emphasized descriptive rather than narrative material with the result that Prairie State reveals as much about the observers as it does about the experiences they record.Through the eyes of obscure farmers, genteel lady travelers, or famous visitors like Dickens, Sidney Webb, and Simone de Beauvoir, Prairie State vividly presents developing Illinois, showing the transformation of this "far western" frontier from territory to state. Throughout the book, Angle has balanced descriptions of Chicago with pictures of downstate Illinois, reminding readers that towns like Galena and Cairo were thriving population centers when Chicago was a way station, and an unpromising one at that.Prairie State was sponsored by the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission for the 150th anniversary of the State of Illinois. The text is illustrated with line drawings by Virgil Burnett and maps by Barbara Long.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Prairie State: Impressions of Illinois, 1673-1967, by Travelers and Other Observers. To get started finding Prairie State: Impressions of Illinois, 1673-1967, by Travelers and Other Observers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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