Chateaubriand's Travels in America [electronic resource] / Translated by Richard Switzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848.

Standardized Title:

Voyages en Amerique. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

United States--Description and travel.

United States.

Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848--Travel--United States.

Chateaubriand, François-René.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University of Kentucky Press, 1969.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chateaubriand's Travels in America, presented here in its first modern translation, was a reflection of the attitudes of his epoch toward the New World. And at the same time, because of his enormous literary reputation, it has continued to be a major source of European impressions about America. The America portrayed by Chateaubriand was much more a product of his reading and his imagination than of his actual visit. (His supposed itinerary included a trip up the Hudson to Albany, a visit to Niagara Falls via the Mohawk Trail, a trip down the Mississippi to the Natchez country, and even a vis

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Travels in America; Notice [for the 1827 Edition]; Introduction [to the First Edition]; The Voyage; The Eastern Cities; Into the Wilderness; Natural History; Manners of the Indians; Government among the Indians; The United States Today; The Spanish Republics; The End of the Trip; Bibliography; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Translation of Voyages en Amerique.

Bibliography: p. [209]-210.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6469-9

OCLC:

560670552