A Diary in America

With Remarks on its Institutions

By:

Frederick Marryat

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History

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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 5 discusses the role of women in American society, American patriotism, and the constitution and government.

Release date Australia

June 2nd, 2011

Author

Frederick Marryat

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

2 maps

Pages

322

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History

Dimensions

140x216x18

ISBN-13

9781108032452

Product ID

10877400

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