Bibliograph

The Welsh in America;, letters from the immigrants

Type

Label

The Welsh in America;, letters from the immigrants

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-332)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Welsh in America;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

423734

Sub title

letters from the immigrants

Summary

"The Welsh formed a small but significant part of the great migration from Europe to the United States during the nineteenth century. In this volume they tell their own story in letters they wrote from America to their families and friends back home. The letters are highly readable, written, for the most part, in vivid and entertaining style which reveals the Welsh as an unusually literate people. The 197 letters are arranged chronologically and geographically, starting with letters that tell of the voyage across the Atlantic. Once in America, the immigrants described their experiences in the farming country of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and some of the other midwestern states. Later, as the frontier moved west, they wrote of their efforts to establish exclusive Welsh settlements on the Great Plains. From the industrial centers there are letters from coal miners and iron and steel workers. The fortune seekers who went to California in the gold rush or to the mines in Colorado are also represented. Still others tell of their search for salvation in the Mormon Zion of Utah"--Book jacket

Table Of Contents

Crossing the Atlantic -- Mother-lode, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio -- Farming in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Texas -- Farming in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Tennessee -- Farming's last frontier, Oregon and Washington -- In American industry -- Iron and steel and tin-plate industries -- On the mining frontiers -- During the Civil War -- In search of Zion

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