Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
"Three years after the Kansas-Nebraska Act embroiled the plains states in a struggle that presaged the war to come, the irrepressible Erastus F. Beadle left his home in Buffalo, New York, and set out for the territories to see about some land. Specifically, Beadle had a stake in the Sulphur Springs Land Company, an enterprise that proposed to build the community of Saratoga just north of Omaha for prospective settlers, who were arriving by the boatload.
In diary pages and letters home Beadle noted his impressions - the details, anecdotes, and characters that filled his days - and in doing so, left a remarkable record of a bygone way of life in the American West.".
"Beginning with his three-month journey westward, Beadle takes us from the hardships and amusements of travel on the "Big Muddy" to the magnificent sight of a prairie fire at night, from the political propaganda abroad in the "slavery stronghold" of Kansas to the realities of doing business on the Nebraska frontier.
Whether describing roads or water routes, mishaps or accommodations, finances, politics, or daily life, Beadle writes with an immediacy and character that make his diary as entertaining as it is informative - a living, intimate chapter of American history."--BOOK JACKET.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Ham, eggs, and corn cake: a Nebraska Territory diary
2001, University of Nebraska Press
in English
080326187X 9780803261877
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
"Bison books"--Prelim. p.
Originally published as: To Nebraska in '57 : a diary of Erastus F. Beadle. New York : New York Public Library, 1923.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?November 14, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
July 31, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
December 5, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
April 28, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Linked existing covers to the work. |
December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |