Tyrone Power — the celebrated Irish actor and ancestor of the twentieth-century film star — toured America three times between 1833 and 1835 and recorded his observations with the wit, energy, and sharp social intelligence of a professional entertainer. Volume 1 of his Impressions of America covers his arrival, travels through Eastern cities, and first encounters with American manners, theatre audiences, and the peculiarities of democratic social life that puzzled and amused foreign visitors.
Travel memoirs by visiting performers and writers are among the most entertaining and revealing sources for social history, and Power’s is among the best of the genre. Download this free EPUB for an Irishman’s witty and affectionate portrait of 1830s America.