Bibliograph

Gentlemen from England, Maud and Delos Lovelace ; with a new introduction by Sarah P. Rubinstein

Type

Label

Gentlemen from England, Maud and Delos Lovelace ; with a new introduction by Sarah P. Rubinstein

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Gentlemen from England

Oclc number

27432859

Responsibility statement

Maud and Delos Lovelace ; with a new introduction by Sarah P. Rubinstein

Summary

Maud Hart Lovelace<U+2014>internationally famed author of the Betsy-Tacy children's books<U+2014>joined literary forces with her husband, Delos, to produce Gentlemen from England, first published in 1937. It's the fictionalized story of a real nineteenth-century English colony near Fairmont, Minnesota, located not far from Maud Lovelace's hometown of Mankato. Tales of the immigrant British men and women, striving to recreate English country estates on the Minnesota prairie, intrigued the Lovelaces. The authors' thorough research became the basis for this vivid novel of colorful fox hunts, festive balls, and English family life set on the huge bean farms bought from a land speculator

Target audience

adult

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