Recollections of the Last Ten Years, Passed in Occasional Residences and Journeyings in the Valley of the Mississippi, from Pittsburg and the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Florida to the Spanish Frontier

Timothy Flint

Verlag: Cummings, Hilliard and Company, 1826

Beschreibung

Circa 1826; Possible First Edition; Tile page missing, else G+ condition; 8vo; 195 pp.; Ex Libris copy with library bookplate, stamps and Dewey decimal on spine; Dark Green cloth covered boards; Gilt title to spine; Moderate foxing throughout but a tight copy in excellent condition apart from missing title page; 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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 147

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Recollections of the Last Ten Years, Passed ...

Verlag: Cummings, Hilliard and Company

Erscheinungsdatum: 1826

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition