The European reporting of J Ross Browne details Browne's time in
Europe while the Civil War was raging in the United States. Brown
visits Iceland, Norway, Poland, Moscow and Germany. His
entertaining and good humored style is indicative of the times and
the attitudes of those times. In "A Californian in Iceland" Browne
discovers mid nineteenth Century Iceland and Icelanders. From the
original Serialization of 1863. "A Few Days in Moscow" details
Browne's brief visit to the city. "A Flying Trip Through Norway"
recounts a fast paced trip though the inland Norwegian countryside
in the mid 19th century. A good sketch of the countryside and the
people of the time. "An American Family in Germany" shows the clash
between mid 19th century American and German cultures. "Poland
Over-ground and Poland Under-ground" was originally Published in
1862, Browne takes his European Tour through Poland and her Salt
Mines. John Ross Browne was born in Dublin on February 21, 1821 In
1833 the family emigrated to the United States., as a condition of
his fathers release from prison, where he was serving time for his
political activities. Browne briefly attended medical school,
worked on a riverboat and signed on to a whaling ship out of New
Bedford. In 1846 he published the book Etchings of a Whaling Cruise
at Harper & Brothers, New York. He married Lucy Anne Mitchell
in 1844. The couple had nine children. Brown settled in California
in 1849, in time for the California Gold Rush, where he worked at
various Government Jobs. He traveled extensively while writing
serializations for Harper's Magazine. He was appointed Minister to
China in 1868. John Ross Browne died on 9 Dec 1875 in Oakland,
California.
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