Excerpt from Memories of Midland Politics 1885-1910 The quarter of a century from 1885 to 1910, starting with the county franchise and redistribution of seats,

Excerpt from Memories of Midland Politics 1885-1910 The quarter of a century from 1885 to 1910, starting with the county franchise and redistribution of seats,

The consequences of extreme poverty were a grim reality for all too many people in Victorian England. The various poor laws implemented to try to deal with it c

In the late 19th century, orphaned Jim Burden is sent to the wilderness in Nebraska to live with his grandparents. He arrives at the same time as the Shimerda f