- Downloads
- Under 100
- Pages
- 203
About this book
A British visitor's impressions of American life give this collection of travel essays its shape. James F. Muirhead draws chiefly on nearly three years spent in the United States while preparing a travel handbook. His work carried him through almost every state and territory, and he uses those encounters to consider social habits, public manners, scenery and the differences between British and American expectations.
The chapters range across women and children, sports, humour, newspapers, literature and city life. In one account, rival election processions in New York and a crowd watching results in Philadelphia become examples of lively political feeling tempered by good humour. Muirhead also compares American comic writers with their English counterparts. His observations offer readers a view of everyday life in the late nineteenth century, together with a British observer's argument for meeting unfamiliar customs with curiosity and a willingness to adjust.
Contents
About the author
More from this genre
See all- A Arabian Society in the Middle AgesArabian Society in the Middle Ages
- H A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3
- H A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3
- M Modern Saints and SeersModern Saints and Seers
- A Armenian Legends and FestivalsArmenian Legends and Festivals
- R Round about a Pound a WeekRound about a Pound a Week
Books like this one
Discussion
No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.
Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy
Read or download
Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.
- EPUB 215 KB
-
KINDLE Send to Kindle Send
- Download the EPUB file to this device.
- Open Amazon's Send to Kindle page, sign in, and add the file. Open Send to Kindle (opens in a new tab)
On a phone: open the downloaded EPUB and share it to the Kindle app.
You can also email the file to your Kindle address (it ends in @kindle.com) from an email address you approved in your Amazon account.
- PDF 1.3 MB
Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone
Book facts
- Author
- James F. Muirhead
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Pages
- 203
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Sociology
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online