JOTTINGS OF A YEAR'S SOJOURN IN THE SOUTH; OR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE; WITH A GLIMPSE AT SCHOOL-TEACHING IN THAT SOUTHERN LAND, AND REMINISCENCES OF DISTINGUISHED MEN

Van Buren, A. De Puy

Published by Battle Creek, Mi, 1859

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320pp. Original cloth. Cloth a bit darkened, spine ends a bit frayed. Foxing. Good. A scarce account of antebellum Mississippi plantation life by a Michigan schoolteacher who spent a year living among wealthy planters in the Mississippi Delta region. Van Buren taught school for a while, but most of his book is devoted to describing society life in the South. On numerous occasions he was introduced to local dignitaries, and certainly during his stay in the South he enjoyed the lifestyle of a wealthy aristocrat planter. Van Buren stops short of being a social critic, however, and in regard to slavery he writes: "we have certainly written with perfect disregard to political prejudice, as if Slavery did not exist in our Southern Border." To him the South was noble and simple, a place populated by beautiful ladies and gentlemen of the highest order. HOWES V15. CLARK III:503. Seller Inventory # WRCAM20713

Bibliographic Details

Title: JOTTINGS OF A YEAR'S SOJOURN IN THE SOUTH; ...

Publisher: Battle Creek, Mi

Publication Date: 1859