A Diary in America 6 Volume Set
A Diary in America 6 Volume Set
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USDCaptain 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 coherent nation for many years. Fascinated by the energy he found in America, he came to believe that the American character was shaped both by natural resources and by democratic government.
Product details
September 2011Multiple copy pack
9781108032476
1960 pages
215 × 140 × 115 mm
2.56kg
2 maps
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Introduction
- Diary in America, 1–21. Volume 2: Diary in America, 1–13
- Remarks: Language
- Credit
- Penitentiaries
- Army. Volume 3: Remarks, continued: American marine
- Slavery
- Religion in America
- Societies and associations
- Law
- Lynch law
- Climate
- Education. Volume 4: Travelling
- Emigration and migration
- Newspaper press
- Authors, etc.
- The Mississippi. Volume 5: Society - women
- Public opinion, or the majority
- Patriotism
- England and the United States
- Society - general character, etc.
- Aristocracy
- Government
- Constitution of the United States. Volume 6: Canada
- Indians
- Causes of the Florida war
- Reply to the Edinburgh Review
- Appendix.
