by Bill Bryson
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Rich in narrative and colorful detail, this cultural history of America from 1830 to 1880 illuminates the fifty years that transformed a wild continent into a modern nation as it retraces the travels of eight eminently British visitors to the growing country's shores. Besides the nation that Charles Dickens hugely quarreled with or the one with which Oscar Wilde fell wittily in love, this lively volume examines the America that prompted Frances Trollope to acidly indict barbarous Cincinnati and that turned the celebrated actress Fanny Kemble into a passionate abolitionist. It explores the Colorado Territory with George Ruxton and travels by stagecoach with Richard Burton across the Great Plains. It follows the path of William Howard Russell, who covered the outbreak of the Civil War for the London Times, and chronicles the adventures of Frank Harris as a real-life Texas cowboy. In all, it brings new light to the dawn of modern America.
Rich in narrative and colorful detail, this cultural history of America from 1830 to 1880 illuminates the fifty years that transformed a wild continent into a modern nation as it retraces the travels of eight eminently British visitors to the growing country's shores. Besides the nation that Charles Dickens hugely quarreled with or the one with which Oscar Wilde fell wittily in love, this lively volume examines the America that prompted Frances Trollope to acidly indict barbarous Cincinnati and that turned the celebrated actress Fanny Kemble into a passionate abolitionist. It explores the Colorado Territory with George Ruxton and travels by stagecoach with Richard Burton across the Great Plains. It follows the path of William Howard Russell, who covered the outbreak of the Civil War for the London Times, and chronicles the adventures of Frank Harris as a real-life Texas cowboy. In all, it brings new light to the dawn of modern America.
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The inauguration on March 4, 1829, of General Andrew Jackson as the seventh president of the United States will always remain part of the folk legend of American history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Rocky Mountains, Far West, Salt Lake City, Oscar Wilde, Domestic Manners, New Orleans, Pierce Butler, Charles Dickens, San Francisco, American Notes, Bull Run, Fanny Kemble, Miss Wright, Mississippi River, New Mexico, Fort Sumter, Frances Trollope, George Ruxton, Jacksonian America, White House, American West, Andrew Jackson, Frank Harris New!
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The inauguration on March 4, 1829, of General Andrew Jackson as the seventh president of the United States will always remain part of the folk legend of American history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Rocky Mountains, Far West, Salt Lake City, Oscar Wilde, Domestic Manners, New Orleans, Pierce Butler, Charles Dickens, San Francisco, American Notes, Bull Run, Fanny Kemble, Miss Wright, Mississippi River, New Mexico, Fort Sumter, Frances Trollope, George Ruxton, Jacksonian America, White House, American West, Andrew Jackson, Frank Harris New!
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- My Life and Loves by Frank Harris on 11 pages
- My Life And Loves, v5 by Frank Harris on 11 pages
- American Notes (Konemann Classics) by Charles Dickens on 10 pages
- Adventures in Mexico (Equestrian Travel Classics) by George Ruxton on 7 pages
- Martin Chuzzlewit (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens on 5 pages
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