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In 1857 Beadle left his home in Buffalo, New York, and headed west for the territories. In diary pages and letters home, he describes the hardships and amusements of travel on the "Big Muddy," the political propaganda abroad in the "slavery stronghold" of Kansas, and the realities of doing business on the Nebraska frontier.

Produktbeschreibung
In 1857 Beadle left his home in Buffalo, New York, and headed west for the territories. In diary pages and letters home, he describes the hardships and amusements of travel on the "Big Muddy," the political propaganda abroad in the "slavery stronghold" of Kansas, and the realities of doing business on the Nebraska frontier.
Autorenporträt
Erastus F. Beadle was born in New York State in 1821. In 1857 he went west to Omaha, where he failed to make his fortune. In 1858 he returned to New York, where he prospered as senior partner of Beadle and Adams, publisher of the popular Beadle's Dime Novels.   Ronald C. Naugle is Huge-Kinne Professor of History at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He is coeditor of Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers (Nebraska 1991) and coauthor of History of Nebraska (Nebraska 1997).