Prairie Fever
ebook ∣ How British Aristocrats Staked a Claim to the American West
By Peter Pagnamenta
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From the 1830s onward, a succession of well-born Britons headed west to the great American wilderness to find adventure and fulfillment. Peter Pagnamenta's wonderful account shows the enthusiasm of the British for new horizons in the age of Empire, set against the rise of a modern nation that would soon eclipse them.