Reading on the Middle Border: the Culture of Print in Late-Nineteenth-Century Osage, Iowa
Cloth
2000 · Amherst
by Pawley, Christine
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Cloth. 1558492755 . A Fine edition housed in an equally unblemished dust-jacket ; The late-nineteenth century was a time of great change for Osage County, Iowa. With the coming of the railroad, the county saw a boom in population and growth. Osage County was also home to a thriving printing industry, with newspapers, magazines, and books being produced in abundance. Reading on the Middle Border: the Culture of Print in Late-Nineteenth-Century Osage, Iowa tells the story of Osage County's printers and their work. It explores the ways in which print played an important role in the lives of the people of Osage County, and examines the ways in which the printers shaped the culture and identity of their community.; 8vo; 265 pages; Price? ? ? . (Inventory #: 56123)