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Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) is remembered today as a novelist, but also wrote non-fiction. He spent 1837–8 travelling in North America, and published six volumes of observations in 1839. He was fascinated by the drive of Americans, but considered the country and people too heterogeneous to form a ‘nation’.
A Diary in America
With Remarks on its Institutions
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328 pages
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Captain Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) was a distinguished naval officer, today best remembered as a novelist (particularly of stories for children), often drawing on his own experiences. He also edited a radical journal, and wrote non-fiction, including an attack on press-gangs, which damaged his career. He spent 1837 and 1838 travelling in North America, publishing his impressions in this unstructured six-volume ‘diary’ in 1839. He states that the number of contradictory and often trivial ac…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781108032421 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1108032427 |
| Author: | Frederick Marryat |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Cambridge Library Collection - North American History |
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