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Journal of a Lady of Quality
Schaw, Janet. Ed(S): Andrews, Evangeline Walker; Andrews, Charles McLean
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paperback. The author began a journey in 1774 that would take them from Edinburgh to the Caribbean Islands and then to America. This work is an account of this voyage through letters to a friend in Scotland. The letters describe the sights, scenery, and social life she encountered. Editor(s): Andrews, Evangeline Walker; Andrews, Charles McLean. Num Pages: 342 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 409.
Alexander and Janet Schaw, Scottish siblings, began a journey in 1774 that would take them from Edinburgh to the Caribbean Islands and then to America. Part of the early wave of Scottish colonization, the pair visited family and friends who had already established themselves in the colonies. Journal of a Lady of Quality is Janet Schaw’s account of this voyage through letters to a friend in Scotland. The letters describe the sights, scenery, and social life she encountered, but they also reveal the political atmosphere of an America on the verge of revolution. Stephen Carl Arch provides a new introduction ... Read more
Alexander and Janet Schaw, Scottish siblings, began a journey in 1774 that would take them from Edinburgh to the Caribbean Islands and then to America. Part of the early wave of Scottish colonization, the pair visited family and friends who had already established themselves in the colonies. Journal of a Lady of Quality is Janet Schaw’s account of this voyage through letters to a friend in Scotland. The letters describe the sights, scenery, and social life she encountered, but they also reveal the political atmosphere of an America on the verge of revolution. Stephen Carl Arch provides a new introduction ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803259539
SKU
V9780803259539
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About Schaw, Janet. Ed(S): Andrews, Evangeline Walker; Andrews, Charles McLean
Charles McLean Andrews (1863–1943) was a professor of American history at Yale University. He and his wife, Evangeline Walker Andrews, also edited Jonathan Dickinson’s Journal. Stephen Carl Arch is a professor of English at Michigan State University. He is the author of After Franklin: The Emergence of Autobiography in Post-Revolutionary America, 1780–1830 and Authorizing the Past: The Rhetoric of History ... Read more
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