Title: Traveling Tocqueville's America
First published: 1998
Description: "Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont's travels in America in 1831-32 have been retold by C-SPAN. For nine months, the cable TV network retraced the Frenchmen's journey, featuring programming from cities along the route."--BOOK JACKET. "Now the Tocqueville rediscovery continues with the publication of this unique guide-book. Comprising 47 brief chapters covering cities and small towns that Tocqueville visited, the book allows readers to hear Tocqueville's words while following in his footsteps."--BOOK JACKET. "Chapters include descriptions of cities and towns, excerpts of what Tocqueville wrote about them, accounts of what Tocqueville and Beaumont did there and details about sights that can be seen today. The book provides telephone numbers and addresses of visitors bureaus, general directions and comparisons of the towns as they are today with what they were like in Tocqueville's era."--BOOK JACKET. "Traveling Tocqueville's America is the perfect companion for armchair traveler and tourist alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Travel, Tours, Description and travel, Tocqueville, alexis de, 1805-1859, United states, description and travel, Journeys
Places: United States
People: Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
LC classification: E158 .B453 1998