Chateaubriand's travels in America /translated by Richard Switzer.
Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848.
Chateaubriand's travels in America /translated by Richard Switzer. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1969. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780813164694
Indians of North America.
Americans--Foreign countries.
Electronic Books.
E164 / .C438 1969
Chateaubriand's travels in America /translated by Richard Switzer. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1969. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780813164694
Indians of North America.
Americans--Foreign countries.
Electronic Books.
E164 / .C438 1969