RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAST TEN YEARS, PASSED IN OCCASIONAL RESIDENCES AND JOURNEYINGS IN THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI...IN A SERIES OF LETTERS....
Flint, Timothy:
Boston. 1826. [2],395pp. Original boards, paper label. Spine splitting at center, front hinge carefully repaired by stitching at an early date. Light scattered foxing. Withal a very good copy, in original state, untrimmed. One of the most significant accounts of early 19th- century travel in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and the first book by one of the more notable literary men of the time. Flint's travels took him to New Orleans, Covington, Alexandria, Cape Girardeau, St. Charles, and New Madrid. He comments on virtually every aspect of life as he saw it in the region: commerce, slavery, morality, geography, agriculture, transportation, etc. He takes special note of the flurry of land speculation, as well as the penchant of the sons of Kentucky planters for dissipation and gambling. Although Flint's sympathy for the people he encountered tends to blind him to some of the more objectionable aspects of life in the valley, his is a most important work. He returned from his journey expecting to die due to his ill health. Instead, he recovered and began his quite estimable literary career. This book is preceded by only three extant pamphlet sermons and orations. BAL 6113. GRAFF 1359. CLARK II:26. HOWES F204. SABIN 24794. RADER 1420. THOMSON 421. BRADFORD 1702. BUCK 93. JONES 874. STREETER SALE 1540. SERVIES 1260.
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