A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its InstitutionsKnopf, 1962 - 487 páginas In 1839, Marryat published his Diary in America, a travelogue that reflects his criticisms of American culture and society. The book and the author were both subject to acts of violence, including the burning of the book and of Marryat's effigy in public. |
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... Lake Ontario ; then to Niagara , Buffalo , and Lake Erie - to Detroit ; from Detroit to Lake St. Clair , and from Lake Huron to Mackinaw , from Mackinaw took a bark canoe and crossed the Huron , went up the River St. Clair to Sault St ...
... Lake Ontario ; then to Niagara , Buffalo , and Lake Erie - to Detroit ; from Detroit to Lake St. Clair , and from Lake Huron to Mackinaw , from Mackinaw took a bark canoe and crossed the Huron , went up the River St. Clair to Sault St ...
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... lake , the fertility of the country gradually disappears . Here and there indeed , especially on the Canadian side , a spot more rich than the soil in general is shown by the large growth of the timber ; but the northern part of the Lake ...
... lake , the fertility of the country gradually disappears . Here and there indeed , especially on the Canadian side , a spot more rich than the soil in general is shown by the large growth of the timber ; but the northern part of the Lake ...
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... Lake Superior on their respective sides of the lake , and the Americans have a small schooner which navigates it . There is one question which the traveller can- not help asking himself as he surveys the vast mass of water , into which ...
... Lake Superior on their respective sides of the lake , and the Americans have a small schooner which navigates it . There is one question which the traveller can- not help asking himself as he surveys the vast mass of water , into which ...
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INTRODUCTION page 3 XI page | 83 |
Arrival in the New World XIII page | 91 |
New York City XIV page 99 | 99 |
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