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Searching for Charles: The Untold Legacy of an Immigrant's American Adventure

Stephen Watts
4.23/5 (11 ratings)
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What started as a project to archive a family’s genealogy files became an insightful window into the life of Charles Watts, one of the millions of Dickens-era working-class English emigrants who risked everything for the possibility of better opportunities in distant lands. Like his contemporary, Charles Dickens, Watts worked in the "dungeons" of London's Gray's Inn, and Watts, like Dickens, later wrote about the place they were only too happy to leave behind. Charles Watts emigrated to America, eventually becoming an Illinois prairie pioneer.

Searching for Charles is the chronological account of Watts's experiences as told through his letters home — and the subsequent five-decade multigenerational search by his descendants. This book contains the only published, complete transcriptions of Watts's letters. They cover a wide range of topics, including farming, European revolutions, Native Americans, a burgeoning family feud, and firsthand accounts of the rapidly expanding population of early nineteenth-century America, along with the opportunities provided by its explosive growth.

Searching for Charles is for readers interested in how the discoveries encountered during a half-century genealogical journey can unfold into a dramatic and surprising account of the hidden life of an unhistoric man.

• Firebird Book Awards 1st Place in 1) Biography/Historical, 2) History/US, 3) New Nonfiction (2023)
• Book Readers Appreciation Group (B.R.A.G.) Medallion Honoree in Non-Fiction (2024)
• Illinois State Historical Society Certificate of Excellence in Scholarly Books (2024)
• Illinois State Genealogical Society Special Recognition Award (2023
• Library of Congress Illinois Center for the Book Illinois Author (2022)
• Page Turner Awards Finalist in Best Book (2023)
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
604 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Houndstooth Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
154453194X
ISBN13:
9781544531946
kindle Asin:
B0BDN1DCXJ

Searching for Charles: The Untold Legacy of an Immigrant's American Adventure

Stephen Watts
4.23/5 (11 ratings)
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What started as a project to archive a family’s genealogy files became an insightful window into the life of Charles Watts, one of the millions of Dickens-era working-class English emigrants who risked everything for the possibility of better opportunities in distant lands. Like his contemporary, Charles Dickens, Watts worked in the "dungeons" of London's Gray's Inn, and Watts, like Dickens, later wrote about the place they were only too happy to leave behind. Charles Watts emigrated to America, eventually becoming an Illinois prairie pioneer.

Searching for Charles is the chronological account of Watts's experiences as told through his letters home — and the subsequent five-decade multigenerational search by his descendants. This book contains the only published, complete transcriptions of Watts's letters. They cover a wide range of topics, including farming, European revolutions, Native Americans, a burgeoning family feud, and firsthand accounts of the rapidly expanding population of early nineteenth-century America, along with the opportunities provided by its explosive growth.

Searching for Charles is for readers interested in how the discoveries encountered during a half-century genealogical journey can unfold into a dramatic and surprising account of the hidden life of an unhistoric man.

• Firebird Book Awards 1st Place in 1) Biography/Historical, 2) History/US, 3) New Nonfiction (2023)
• Book Readers Appreciation Group (B.R.A.G.) Medallion Honoree in Non-Fiction (2024)
• Illinois State Historical Society Certificate of Excellence in Scholarly Books (2024)
• Illinois State Genealogical Society Special Recognition Award (2023
• Library of Congress Illinois Center for the Book Illinois Author (2022)
• Page Turner Awards Finalist in Best Book (2023)
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
604 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Houndstooth Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
154453194X
ISBN13:
9781544531946
kindle Asin:
B0BDN1DCXJ

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