Colonial American Travel Narratives

Colonial American Travel Narratives

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Four journeys by early Americans Mary Rowlandson, Sarah Kemble Knight, William Byrd II, and Dr. Alexander Hamilton recount the vivid physical and psychological challenges of colonial life. Essential primary texts in the study of early American cultural life, they are now conveniently collected in a single volume.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.INTRODUCTION: MAPPING AMERICAN LIFE
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
A NOTE ON THE TEXTS

A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

The Journal of Madam Knight

The Secret History of the Line by William Byrd II

The Itinerarium of Dr. Alexander Hamilton

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