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Mark Wyman : IMMIGRANTS IN THE VALLEY: IRISH, GERMANS, AND AMERICANS IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI COUNTRY, 1830-1860

Chicago: Nelson-Hall,, 1984

Hardcover, 258 pagesIncludes Illustrations, maps, bibliographical essay, and index. New in shrink-wrap. Immigrants in the Valley" is an illustrated history of German, Irish and Anglo settlement in the upper Mississippi country (1830-1860) covering Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri: "Thousands of newcomers flocked into the Upper Mississippi country in the decades leading up to the Civil War. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota received immigrants from most areas of Europe, as well as Americans from the Upper South, New England, and the Middle Atlantic states. They all carried with them religious beliefs, experiences, and expectations that differed widely, attitudes and opinions which often threw them into conflict with each other....As these diverse groups spread across the Midwest in the years between 1830 and 1860, they frequently clashed over such issues as drinking, public schools, the proper observance of the Sabbath: what one group considered a basic right, another considered a sin...here is a book that shows the interplay between the major groups traveling the roads and waterways into the Upper Mississippi Valley during those crucial decades...Immigrants in the Valley was written for anyone interested in understanding the environment in which their family trees took root - especially present and former Midwesterners, including those of German or Irish background...Wyman has drawn extensively on family letters sent home to Europe, missionary reports, employment records, and other diverse materials form the decades 1830 to 1860. The result is a lively, extensively illustrated account which will help Americans everywhere better understand their diverse heritage." "This is a traditional account, told with clarity, the eye for human detail and the fast pace of a newsman." - David Noel Doyle, Irish Historical Studies, Vol. 26, No. 101 (May, 1988) pp. 109-110. "...lay readers will find this work informative and enjoyable. Wyman has an interesting story to tell and he narrates it in clear, polished prose." - Allan Kovan , The Wisconsin Magazine of History (Wisconsin Historical Society) , Vol. 68, No. 4 (Summer, 1985), pp. 312-313. New Condition in Shrink Wrap.

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