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Life and Liberty in America: Or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada in 1857-8
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General United StatesGeneral United States History
ISBN13: 9781022829435
Publisher: Legare Street Pr
Published: Jul 18 2023
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Written by the acclaimed journalist and poet Charles Mackay, this book is an account of his travels in the United States and Canada in the late 1850s. Mackay provides a fascinating look at the social and cultural landscape of the time, revealing the tensions that threatened the union in the years preceding the Civil War. His incisive observations and elegant prose make this book a must-read for anyone interested in 19th century American history and culture.
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