| Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828: Volume 3 Contributor(s): Hall, Basil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139059300 ISBN-13: 9781139059305 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - History | North American |
| Dewey: 970.04 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Captain Basil Hall (1788-1844) was a Scottish seaman and travel writer. After attending the Royal High School in Edinburgh he joined the Navy in 1802, and was appointed captain in 1814. He served on many diplomatic and scientific naval missions, and on his retirement from the Navy began to publish accounts of his experiences, based on his journals. These volumes, first published in 1829, contain his detailed and controversial account of his journey across America and Canada between 1827 and 1828. Hall provides a fascinating and engaging description of social conditions, political structures and political tensions in Canada and America in the period, while also illustrating contemporary English prejudices concerning American society. Volume 3 contains his description of Washington D.C. and his journeys through South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama and along the Mississippi river. Hall also includes an analysis of slavery and cotton farming in the southern states. |
