Boewe, Charles.
Prairie Albion. An English Settlement in Pioneer Illinois.
Carbondale; Southern Illinois University Press: 1962. The attempt by Morris Birbeck and George Flower to establish a settlement of English farmers and artisans on the raw Illinois frontier in 1817 is a little-known but humanely fascinating episode in the story of Western pioneering. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 317 pages, b/w illustrations, dj; a very nice, clean copy in a worn and chipped jacket.
$25.00
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