Sixty Miles from Contentment: Traveling the Nineteenth-Century American Interior

ISBN-13: 9780367302771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str.

M. H. Dunlop

Opis

Sixty Miles from Contentment is a revitalization of a pulsating American scene in the nineteenth-century. Drawing on the work of travel writers from America's own East Coast and from fourteen other countries, it offers a witty and irreverent look at the wild Midwest in its heyday.

Spis treści

Preface -- Secrets of the Interior -- The Derangement of Comfort -- Dreaming on the Run -- Marvels and Wonders -- Still Life -- A Table Set for Hundreds -- Strangers -- Yesterday's Future -- Sunset

O autorze

M. H. Dunlop