American Notes
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American Notes

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  1. 301 pages
  2. English
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American Notes

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Explore nineteenth-century America through the pen of one of the most celebrated authors of all time, Charles Dickens. American Notes is a detailed travelogue of Dickens' 1842 tour of North America, and in it, the author deploys his incisive wit and unparalleled gift for observation to convey his experiences traveling across the continent by steamship, coach, and rail. A rip-roaring read that will please Dickens fans and American history buffs alike.

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Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781775416807
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Travel

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Preface to the First Cheap Edition of "American Notes"
  4. Preface to the "Charles Dickens" Edition of "American Notes"
  5. Chapter I - Going Away
  6. Chapter II - The Passage Out
  7. Chapter III - Boston
  8. Chapter IV - An American Railroad Lowell and Its Factory System
  9. Chapter V - Worcester the Connecticut River Hartford New Haven to New York
  10. Chapter VI - New York
  11. Chapter VII - Philadelphia, and Its Solitary Prison
  12. Chapter VIII - Washington the Legislature and the President's House
  13. Chapter IX - A Night Steamer on the Potomac River Virginia Road, and a Black Driver Richmond Baltimore the Harrisburg Mail, and
  14. Chapter X - Some Further Account of the Canal Boat, Its Domestic Economy, and Its Passengers Journey to Pittsburg Across the All
  15. Chapter XI - From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat Cincinnati
  16. Chapter XII - From Cincinnati to Louisville in Another Western Steamboat; And from Louisville to St. Louis in Another St. Louis
  17. Chapter XIII - A Jaunt to the Looking-Glass Prairie and Back
  18. Chapter XIV - Return to Cincinnati a Stage-Coach Ride from that City to Columbus, and Thence to Sandusky so, by Lake Erie, to th
  19. Chapter XV - In Canada; Toronto; Kingston; Montreal; Quebec; St. John's in the United States Again; Lebanon; The Shaker Village;
  20. Chapter XVI - The Passage Home
  21. Chapter XVII - Slavery
  22. Chapter XVIII - Concluding Remarks
  23. Postscript
  24. Endnotes