Tired of the contradictory books about the New World, the naval novelist Frederick Marryat crossed the Atlantic in 1837 to judge for himself. He travelled from New York up the Hudson, to Niagara and Canada and into the West, recording manners, politics, slang, scenery and the American appetite for argument.
An entertaining traveller’s view of the young republic, a rival to Mrs. Trollope’s famous account. Download the free EPUB.