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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ... rambles and adventures. chapter I. The start.--Gen. Tom Thnmb.--Halifax.--Astor House.--American Railways.--Philadelphia.--Baltimore Beauties.--A Clinical Professor.--Mark Tapley's Eden.--The great Missouri.--Drinks.--New Orleans.--Night adventure.--Creole Ladies.--Col. White's Oratorio of "David." Aftee all "ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute," thought I, as the long row of busy docks at Liverpool slowly receded in the distance; and we bade a last farewell to old England, as the gallant " Cambria" steamed majestically down the broad waters of the Mersey, in the ever-to-be-remembered year of Grace, 1847. With all the eagerness of a college student, who casts aside his dull books and duller tutors for a burst after the partridges, or for the more noble and exciting pursuit of the antlered lords of the forest and mountain, had I looked forward to a visit to the New World; determined to make acquaintance with our Trans-Atlantic brethren, and to extend my visi

Author

Palliser, John, 1807-1887

Publisher

Tuttle Publishing

Published

1969

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804805346

Subjects

Travel, History, Western

Rating

4 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14