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The Black Book; Or, A Continuation Of Travels In The United States (Volume I)

The Black Book; Or, A Continuation Of Travels In The United States (Volume I)

Newport Royall, Anne

Paperback

General United StatesGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354507964
ISBN13: 9789354507960
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Meet the United States before it learned to pose. Anne Newport Royall travels through a young nation and writes what she sees, not what society wants printed. A sharp eye, no mercy. The Black Book; Or, A Continuation Of Travels In The United States (Volume I) is a bracing nineteenth century travelogue and american travel narrative, moving town by town through 1820s America travel with the immediacy of a diary and the reach of reportage. Royall turns everyday encounters into early republic social critique: manners and money, local power, gendered expectations, and the friction between public virtue and private interest. Her american political commentary is matched by frank attention to religion and reform debates, making this historical travel writing a vivid window onto the antebellum United States in the making. Readers who enjoy de Tocqueville America fans will recognise the same appetite for observing institutions, but with a sharper, more personal bite. As an american history primary source and a cornerstone of classic american nonfiction collections, Royall's work captures the arguments, anxieties, and energies of the era in language that still crackles. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For casual travellers in the past or serious historians of print culture, this public domain reprint edition offers a rare, outspoken guide to a nation finding its voice in print, and in memory, again.

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