Return Passages: Great American Travel Writing, 1780-1910 by Larzer Ziff
Return Passages: Great American Travel Writing, 1780-1910

Larzer Ziff

Return Passages: Great American Travel Writing, 1780-1910

Larzer Ziff

320 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
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In this arresting book, Larzer Ziff traces the history of distinctively American travel writing through the stories of five great representatives. John Ledyard (1752-1789) sailed with Captain Cook, walked across the Russian empire, and attempted t...

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