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Journey into Northern Pennsylvania and the State of New York.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, Michel-Guillaume, author.
- Series:
- Book collections on Project MUSE
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travel.
- Biography.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- University of Michigan Press 2025.
- Summary:
- This is the first complete English translation of Journey into Northern Pennsylvania and the State of New York by Michel-Guillaume St. Jean de Crèvecoeur. It presents the rich reflections and tales of an 18th-century Frenchman who lived and traveled in America for 27 years. Soldier-of-fortune, gentleman farmer, friend of Washington and Franklin, Crèvecoeur describes his natural surroundings with a charm and delight unrivaled by any writer but Thoreau. In this book we follow two men, a narrator and his friend, as they witness unfamiliar Native American rituals and visit frontier settlements along the Hudson River. Interwoven are fanciful impressions of the Indigenous communities of the region and sagas of adventure that stretch credibility. More than a straightforward narrative of travel, the book has the ideological goal of attacking the corruption of Old World civilization and contrasting it with a vision of harmony, abdundance, and democracy resulting from the American revolution. The work has not previously been translated into English.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- CC Copyright page
- Dedication
- Biographical Sketch and Translator's Foreword
- To His Excellency George Washington
- Preface
- Volume One
- Chapter Summaries: Volume One
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Notes to Volume One
- Volume Two
- Chapter Summaries: Volume Two
- Chapter I: The Cherokee Tradition*
- Notes to Volume Two
- Volume Three
- Chapter Summaries: Volume Three
- Chapter I: Story of Jean De Bragansa
- Notes to Volume Three.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-472-90554-6
- OCLC:
- 1535173353
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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