Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, 1838-39

Informationen zum Autor Frances Anne Kemble (Author) > John A. Scott (Editor) > Klappentext Fanny Kemble was one of the leading lights of the English stage in the nineteenth century. During a tour of America in the 1830s she met and married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Butler, part of whose fortune derived from his family's cotton and rice plantation on the Sea Islands of Georgia. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1863! out-of-print and unavailable for almost a century! Frances Anne Kemble's Journal has long been recognized by historians as unique in the literature of American slavery and invaluable for obtaining a clear view of the "peculiar institution" and of life in the antebellum South.

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• Autori: Fanny Kemble, Frances Kemble, Frances A Kemble, Frances A. Kemble, Frances Anne Kemble, Brown Thrasher
• Con la collaborazione di: John Scott (Editore), John A Scott (Editore), John A. Scott (Editore), John Anthony Scott (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Georgia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.1984
• EAN: 9780820307077
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-0707-7
• Pagine: 488
• Serie: Brown Thrasher Books; Brown Thrasher Books
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General