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Informationen zum Autor By Louise V. North Klappentext Henrietta Marchant Liston's journal writing evokes a sense of immediacy that enables readers to understand and appreciate not only the difficulties of travel and communication, but also to hear first-hand of the political conflicts experienced by the young United States over two hundred years ago. Zusammenfassung Henrietta Marchant Liston's journal writing evokes a sense of immediacy that enables readers to understand and appreciate not only the difficulties of travel and communication! but also to hear first-hand of the political conflicts experienced by the young United States over two hundred years ago. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsIllustrationsIntroductionChapter One: 1796North America, Newyork.Chapter Two: 1797Resignation of General Washington as President of the United States.Tour to the Southern States-Virginia, North & South Carolinas.Chapter Three: 1798Philadelphia. Tour to Newyork & the Eastern States.Chapter Four: 1799Journey to New Lebanon Springs, to Lake George, & to Fort Ticonderoga.Journal to the Falls of Niagara. Death of Washington.Chapter Five: 1800Journey to the Natural Bridge in Virginia. Journal to lower Canada. Descriptionof George Washington. Journal from the United States to the West Indies (excerpt).EpilogueAppendix: Travel ItinerariesNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author
