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America by River and Rail - Or, Notes by the Way on the New World and Its People (Hardcover)
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America by River and Rail - Or, Notes by the Way on the New World and Its People (Hardcover)
Series: Travel in America
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Originally published in 1856, William Ferguson's America by River
and Rail, or Notes by the Way on the New World and its People is a
diary of his impressions of his travels along the East Coast, out
to the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan, and through
Montreal and Quebec. While his stated attempt is to provide a
record of facts and opinions, to add to the "mosaic" of knowledge
about America without entering himself into the discussion,
Ferguson, nonetheless, shows us two sides of America. The first is
the "noisiest" class, that of the politicians and "money-getters"
from whom many previous writers take their impressions of
America--much to the negative of her image. Ferguson, however,
wants to display more richly that second class he encountered, the
quieter, moral backbone of America, those upon whom, he hopes,
America will build her future. He finds a society burgeoning with
vast natural and human resources, and remarks upon the rapidity of
growth in America, especially in the mid-western states. Full of
rich detail, Ferguson's work provides insight into the culture and
concerns of antebellum American life.
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