Voyage Dans La Haute Pensylvanie et Dans L'etat De New York, Par Un Membre Adoptif De La Nation Oneida. Traduit et Publie Par L'auteur Des Elttres D'un Cultivateur Americain.

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3 volumes. 8vo., xvii, 427; 434; 409 (1) pp. (errata). 11 engraved plates, both views and maps, of which 7 are folding (light dampstaining throughout the lower third of the textblock in the second volume, otherwise the text is clean and bright). Original blue paper wrappers (lightly worn, but still vivid and attractive, with some skilful repairs to the spine); preserved in a modern blue cloth, gilt slipcase and chemises. "HIS VERACITY MAY BE RELIED ON. AND YOU WILL BE EASILY ABLE TO SEPARATE FROM THEM HIS REFLECTIONS" (Jefferson) First edition. "No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests" (Sabin). A classic American narrative. After installing himself on a farm in Orange County, New York following the French and Indian War, the French-born Crevecoeur began writing about America. His "Letters of An American Farmer" became the first "best-seller" in Europe by an American, and forged an American identity in the minds of Europeans, and in a large part helped to begin the mythology of the American Dream. However, by the time he wrote the present title, dedicated to George Washington, he had been largely forgotten about, and the book was generally ignored. "This work is distinguished by its valuable details on the aboriginal tribes, and their gradual disappearance. No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests" (Sabin 17502). N° de ref. del artículo 001036

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