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A true picture of emigration
A true picture of emigration
Author: Rebecca Burlend, Edward Burlend, Milo Milton Quaife
On a frosty day in November 1831, Rebecca Burlend and her husband, John, and their five children debarked at New Orleans after a long voyage from England. They took a steamboat up the Mississippi to St. Louis and from there went to the wilds of western Illinois. It was a whole new world for a family that had never been more than fifty miles from...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780806504575
ISBN-10: 0806504579
Edition: First Printing
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Publisher: Citadel Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A fantastic look at a woman immigrant from England life in the Midwest. The book was originally written as a pamphlet to let women in England know both the struggles and prosperity of Mid-America. Quick read.


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