Traveling women
Subtitle: narrative visions of early America
By: Susan Clair Imbarrato.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780821416747
Subjects: Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism; American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Travel writing -- History -- 18th century; Travel writing -- History -- 19th century; Women travelers -- United States -- History; United States -- Description and travel -- History
Description: "Women's travel narratives of early America recorded journeys north and south along the eastern seaboard and west onto the Ohio frontier. In the women's keen observations and entertaining wit, readers will find bravado mixed with hesitation as women set forth on business, to relocate, and for pleasure. These travelers wrote compellingly of crossing rivers and mountains, facing hunger, encountering native Americans, sleeping in taverns, and confronting slavery, expressing themselves in voices that differed in sensibility from those of male explorers and travelers."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: The language of travel : the practical and the picturesque; title: Ordinary travel : public houses and travel conditions; title: Writing into the Ohio frontier : genteel expectations and rustic realities; title: Literary crossroads : travel narrative, poetry, and novel; title: Capturing experience : travel narrative and letter, a comparative view.