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Author:

Simmons, James C.

Title:

Star-spangled Eden : 19th century America through the eyes of Dickens, Wilde, Frances Trollope, Frank Harris, and other British travelers / James C. Simmons.

Edition:

1st Carroll & Graf ed.

Publisher:

Carroll & Graf,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xi, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Foreign public opinion, British.
United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Frances Trollope : America's nemesis -- Fanny Kemble : mistress of a Georgian plantation -- Charles Dickens : the great quarrel with America -- Ruxton of the Rockies -- Richard Burton : by stagecoach through the far West -- Bull Run Russell -- Frank Harris : confessions of a cowboy -- Oscar Wilde : Wilde in the American streets.

ISBN:

9780786707348
0786707348

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43907473

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)