HEMMEN I DEN NYA VERLDEN. EN DAGBOK I BREF, SKRIFNA UNDER TVENNE ARS RESOR I NORRA AMERIKA OCH PA CUBA.
Bremer, Fredrika:
Stockholm. 1853-1854. Three volumes. xii,468; 519; 531pp. Illus. Contemporary three-quarter calf and patterned boards, gilt. Some edge wear, corners bumped. Very good. An account of the author's travels through the Midwest, East and South, told through letters, largely written to her sister but including letters to others, among them the Queen of Denmark. Bremer describes aspects of American life such as politics, education, the country, literature, and literary figures including Irving, Emerson, Longfellow, Holmes, Hawthorne, Alcott, and Lowell. She comments on slavery, popular entertainments and culture, social life, nature, and much more. Clark (on page 339) calls Bremer's work "one of the most important travel books written by a foreigner" in the decade before the Civil War. NYPL SWEDISH COMMENTATORS 109. HOWES B745. CLARK III:450.
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