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A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions

A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions

Marryat, Frederick

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Biographies General19th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 110803246X
ISBN13: 9781108032469
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 2 2011
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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 6 includes remarks on Canada and on Native Americans.

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