Having published his travel diary of 1837–38, the author of Mr. Midshipman Easy followed it with this second series of reflections on what he had seen. He weighs American travelling, the Constitution and the weakness of the federal government against the states, slavery, religion, the press, law, manners and the influence of democracy on character.
An opinionated British view of Jacksonian America to set beside Tocqueville and Mrs. Trollope. Download the free EPUB.