AMERICA, AND THE AMERICANS...By a Citizen of the World.
by [Boardman, James]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ex-library with a missing front endpaper, but overall tight and sturdy in gold cloth with dark brown lettering. A clean copy wit
- ISBN 10
- 0405054432
- ISBN 13
- 9780405054433
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About This Item
New York:: Arno Press,, 1974.. Hardcover -. Ex-library with a missing front endpaper, but overall tight and sturdy in gold cloth with dark brown lettering. A clean copy with only a few markings. Uncommon. . Facsimile reprint. A favorable account of his travels in the United States - he began by travelling to New York City, describing the public buildings, churches of various religions, politics and elections, libraries, auctions and more. His wanderings included Niagara, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Boston, Montreal and Quebec, and the subjects of his comments are equally varied - from Indians to Negroes, to boarding house life, burial practices, the zeal of the firemen in the cities, the new prison at Charleston just outside Boston, etc. Originally published anonymously in 1833 as "By a Citizen of the World" this has been attributed to Liverpool merchant James Boardman. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America 1810-1935 series. xi, 430 pp plus 2 pp list of the series.
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- Title
- AMERICA, AND THE AMERICANS...By a Citizen of the World.
- Author
- [Boardman, James]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover -
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-library with a missing front endpaper, but overall tight and sturdy in gold cloth with dark brown lettering. A clean copy wit
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0405054432
- ISBN 13
- 9780405054433
- Publisher
- Arno Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1974.
- Keywords
- americana, niagara falls , firemen, boston, new york,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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