Letters from an American farmer - Softcover

St. John, J. Hector

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3849678105 ISBN 13: 9783849678104

Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag, 2017

Synopsis

St, John (Crèvecœur) wrote these “Letters” during a period of seven years prior to the American Revolutionary War, while farming land near Orange County, New York. They are told from the viewpoint of a fictional narrator in correspondence with an English gentleman, and each letter concerns a different aspect of life or location in the British colonies of America. the letters are written in a spirit of touching simplicity, almost better than Chateaubriand. You'd think neither of them would ever know how many beans make five. This American Farmer tells of the joys of creating a home in the wilderness, and of cultivating the virgin soil.

About this title

About the Author:

Ludwig Lewisohn (1883-1955) was an outstanding twentieth-century American Jewish writer.

Review:

`if no masterpiece, the Letters are full of interest and charm, and are thoroughly welcome in this new edition'
Times Literary Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 3849678105
• ISBN 13: 9783849678104
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154