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The Englishwoman In America

The Englishwoman In America

L. Bird, Isabella

Paperback

General EuropeGeneral United StatesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354840280
ISBN13: 9789354840289
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Aug 5 2021
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A curious heart meets a wide, unfolding continent. Isabella Bird's Englishwoman in America stamps a fearless footprint on nineteenth-century travel writing, inviting readers to see the young republic through a keen, observant Englishwoman's eye. This volume is more than a memoir of crossing oceans and states; it is a lucid, humane study of people, places, and manners as they collide and transform. Bird's pen moves with wit and restraint, turning everyday scenes into portraits-of towns, roads, schools, parlours, and the evolving social sphere-while quietly challenging assumptions about gender, class, and opportunity. The result is a vivid travel narrative that reads with the accessibility of a letter from a friend and the rigor of a field journal. Historically significant for its precise testimony on American society during a pivotal era, the book offers scholars and curious readers alike a window into cross-continental exchange-an English perspective on a rapidly changing America. Its tone blends admiration with scrutiny, warmth with measured critique, making it equally engaging for casual readers and classic-literature collectors. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint, it is a collector's item and a cultural treasure-cementing its place in victorian travelogue and the canon of women travel writing for academic library audiences and discerning readers alike.

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