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Synopsis
The memoirs of Rebecca Burlend, an Englishwoman who emigrated with her husband and children from England to the US in 1831 in a reprint edition. Mrs. Burlend first published her story anonymously in 1848 (Howes B.992). The memoirs are reproduced in this special Lakeside Classics edition. Includes a fold-out map of the Pike County, Illinois area where the family settled. Also with tissue-protected frontis photographic portrait of Mrs. Burlend, and another portrait of her husband, John Burlend. Includes a facsimile of the original title page of the first edition. Edited, and with historical introduction, by Milo Milton Quaife. --- Full title: A True Picture of Emigration or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America Being a Full and Impartial Account of the Various Difficulties and Ultimate Success of an English Family Who Emigrated from Barwick-in-Elmet, near Leeds, in the Year 1831. --- Number 34 in a series of annually published works continuously produced since 1903 by R. R. Donnelley & Sons, owners of the Lakeside Press. The books were not made made available for sale by the publisher; rather, they were given as gifts to employees, vendors and customers at Christmastime. --- In full dark red cloth-covered boards with cover fillet and spine rules, publisher's device on cover and titling on spi
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Review
"Burlend’s book is not just among the best women’s texts on midwestern farm life during the first half of the nineteenth century; it may well be the best document by anyone on that subject."—Western Historical Quarterly (Western Historical Quarterly)
"Rebecca’s story is the story of ordinary people concerned with the problem of surviving in an alien environment and ultimately making a success of their venture."—English Westerner’s Tally Sheet (English Westerner's Tally Sheet)
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