Women s travel narratives recording journeys north and south along the eastern seaboard and west onto the Ohio frontier enhance our historical understanding of early America. Drawing extensively from primary sources, Traveling Women documents women s role in westward settlement and emphasizes travel as a culture-building event. Susan Clair Imbarrato closely examines women s accounts of their journeys from 1700 to 1830, including Sarah Kemble Knight s well-known journal of her trip from Boston to New York in 1704 and many lesser-known accounts, such as Sarah Beavis s 1779 journal of her...
Women s travel narratives recording journeys north and south along the eastern seaboard and west onto the Ohio frontier enhance our historical underst...
Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada will appeal to readers desiring a rare female perspective on colonial America and plantation life in the Caribbean.
Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada will appeal to readers desiring a rare female perspective on colonial America and plantation life in the Caribb...
