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1 Online-Ressource (328 pages)
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ISBN:
9781139058704
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. North American History
Content:
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 2 covers such topics as language, the prison system and the army
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108032421
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108032421
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139058704
Author information:
Marryat, Frederick 1792-1848
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