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100 1 $aSt. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector,$d1735-1813.
245 10 $aLetters from an American farmer and other essays /$cJ. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur ; edited by Dennis D. Moore.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,$c2013.
263 $a1301
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aThe John Harvard library
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : moving beyond "the farmer of feelings" -- A note on Crèvecoeur's text and on emendations -- Introductory letter -- Thoughts, feelings and pleasures of an American farmer -- What is an American? -- Description of the island of Nantucket, with the manners, customs, policy and trade of the inhabitants -- Customary education and employment of the inhabitants of Nantucket -- Description of the island of Martha's Vineyard and of the whale-fishery -- Manners and customs at Nantucket -- Peculiar customs at Nantucket -- Description of Charles-Town; thoughts on slavery; on physical evil; a melancholy scene -- On snakes; and on the humming-bird -- From Mr. IW-n AL-z, a Russian gentleman; describing the visit he paid at my request to Mr. John Bertram, the celebrated Pennsylvanian botanist -- Distresses of a frontier man -- A happy family disunited by the spirit of civil war -- Rock of Lisbon -- Sketches of Jamaica and Bermudas and other subjects -- The commissioners -- Ingratitude rewarded -- Susquehannah -- The grotto -- Hospitals -- A sketch of the contrast between the Spanish and the English colonies -- A snow-storm as it affects the American farmer -- The frontier woman -- History of Mrs. B -- The man of sorrow.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y1775-1783.
651 0 $aUnited States$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American.
650 0 $aFarm life$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aNantucket Island (Mass.)$xSocial life and customs$y18th century.
700 1 $aMoore, Dennis D.