| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 281 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published, in somewhat different form, in 2013 by Jonathan Cape, Great Britain, as O my America! : second acts in a New World"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Merely telling the truth : Fanny Trollope goes to Ohio -- Brave new world : Fanny Kemble goes to Georgia -- A great embryo poet: Harriet Martineau goes to Massachusetts and Kentucky -- Is this America? : Rebecca Burlend goes to Illinois -- Above love and hate : Isabella Bird goes to Colorado -- No there there : Catherine Hubback goes to California. |
| Summary |
Traces the steps of six women--author Fanny Trollope, actress Fanny Kemble, economist Harriet Martineau, homesteader Rebecca Burlend, traveler Isabella Bird ,and novelist Catherine Hubback--who came to America in the nineteenth century to start new lives. |
| Subject |
British -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women travelers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women travelers -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
9780374298814 hardcover |
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0374298815 hardcover |
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9781466836907 (e-book) |
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