Wright, FrancesMareMagnum
Views of Society and Manners in America
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 292 pages. Contents include letters regarding a Boardinghouse in New York, Manners of the working classes, Appearance and manners of young women, Penal code, Abolition of the slave trade, Emancipation of the slaves in the northern states, Condition of the negro in the same, Massacre on the River Raisin, Poor emigrants, Battle of Plattsburg, Mode of guiding and braking horses, etc. Originally published in 1821, by a "handsome young Scottswoman of independant means and opinions."
Bookshop Pistil Books Online · Seattle, US16,23 €
