A Diary in America: With Remarks on its Institutions (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History) - Softcover

Marryat, Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108032419 ISBN 13: 9781108032414

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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 1 includes an introductory essay, a description of the Atlantic crossing, and travel on the eastern seaboard.

About this title

Book Description:

Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) is remembered today as a novelist, but also wrote non-fiction. He spent 1837-8 travelling in North America, and published six volumes of observations in 1839. He was fascinated by the drive of Americans, but considered the country and people too heterogeneous to form a 'nation'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108032419
• ISBN 13: 9781108032414
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 330