Letters From An American Farmer

by J. Hector St. John De Crèvecoeur

• ISBN13: 9780486444086
• ISBN10: 0486444082
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-24
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This 18th-century classic by an emigrant French aristocrat-turned-farmer detailed seafaring life in New England and plantation culture in the South while providing Old World readers with first major impressions of American landscapes, people, institutions, and the problems of making one nation out of diverse former colonies. Essential reading for students of colonial history; a must-have for Americana enthusiasts. Introduction and notes by Warren Barton Blake.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
On the Situation, Feelings, and Pleasures of an American Farmer	p. 11
What Is an American	p. 23
Description of the Island of Nantucket, with the Manners, Customs, Policy, and Trade of the Inhabitants	p. 56
Customary Education and Employment of the Inhabitants of Nantucket	p. 74
Description of the Island of Martha's Vineyard, and of the Whale Fishery	p. 79
Manners and Customs at Nantucket	p. 88
Peculiar Customs at Nantucket	p. 97
Description of Charles-Town; Thoughts on Slavery; On Physical Evil; A Melancholy Scene	p. 107
On Snakes; and on the Humming Bird	p. 118
From Mr. Iw-n Al-z, a Russian Gentleman, Describing the Visit He Paid at my Request to Mr. John Bertram, the Celebrated Pennsylvania Botanist	p. 124
Distresses of a Frontier Man	p. 135
Notes	p. 158
Index	p. 175
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