| A Diary in America: Volume 6: With Remarks on Its Institutions Contributor(s): Marryat, Frederick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139058746 ISBN-13: 9781139058742 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Travel | United States - General |
| Dewey: 917.304 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was a distinguished naval officer, today best remembered as a novelist (particularly of stories for children), often drawing on his own experiences. He also edited a radical journal, and wrote non-fiction, including an attack on press-gangs, which damaged his career. He spent 1837 and 1838 travelling in North America, publishing his impressions in this unstructured six-volume 'diary' in 1839. He states that the number of contradictory and often trivial accounts of American life being published made him want to see the New World for himself. He found it impossible to make generalisations, given the size of the country and the different origins of new arrivals, and did not believe America would become a nation for many years. Volume 6 includes remarks on Canada and on Native Americans. |