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A Diary in America

A Diary in America
With Remarks on its Institutions

Volume 1

Part of Cambridge Library Collection - North American History

  • Date Published: October 2011
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108032414

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  • 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 1 includes an introductory essay, a description of the Atlantic crossing, and travel on the eastern seaboard.

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    • Date Published: October 2011
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108032414
    • length: 330 pages
    • dimensions: 216 x 140 x 19 mm
    • weight: 0.42kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction
    Diary in America, 1–21.

  • Author

    Frederick Marryat

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