Describes American tolerance for religious diversity. He is the first writer to explore the concept of the American Dream. Limitations of the Letters 1. Specific details in matters of geography, religion, history, and politics are missing. He glosses over the issue of slavery.
American agriculture is treated generally too - absence of details.
Study Questions 1. A Research and Reference Guide . Prepared by Nicole Levie St. Jean de Crevecoeur was a Frenchman who made his way to New York where he wrote letters that greatly inspired many colonial immigrants of his era and created a love for the American farmlands. Crevecoeur's exciting and extensive travels were offset by the image of the humble farmer who wrote wonderful essays and letters about his love for his American farmland home. Crevecoeur married Mehitable Tippet in 1769, and the two had a daughter, Fanny, and two sons, Ally and Louis, together.