1800-1860: Lifestyles, Social Trends, Fashion, Sports & Recreation: Publications
1800-1860: Lifestyles, Social Trends, Fashion, Sports & Recreation: Publications
Henry Marie Brackenridge, Views of Louisiana: Together With a Journal of a Voyage Up the Missouri River, in 1811 (Pittsburgh: Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum, 1814)—a traveler’s account of a trip through the Louisiana Territory;
William Faux, Memorable Days in America (London: W. Simpkin & R. Marshall, 1823)—the author describes his journey to Illinois, undertaken to determine the agricultural prospects for British immigrants;
Edmund Flagg, The Far West: or a Tour beyond the Mountains (New York: Harper, 1838)—Flagg studies the geography of the Mississippi River valley, St. Louis, and Illinois and criticizes the religious enthusiasm of Westerners;
Frederick Gerstaecker, Wild Sports in the Far West (London: Geo. Routledge, 1856)—a German tourist describes hunting and the hardships of travel in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas;
Harriet Martineau, Retrospect of Western Travel (London: Saunders & Otley, 1838)—Martineau describes her travels in the United States, including a voyage on the Mississippi and a view of Cincinnati;
William Partridge, A Practical Treatise on Dyeing Woolen, Cotton, and Silk (New York: William Partridge & Sons, 1847)—a manual describing various dyes and their uses;
Pierre Jean de Smet, Letters and Sketches, with a Narrative of a Year’s Residence Among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains (Philadelphia: M. Eathian, 1843)—a Jesuit’s description of his journeys among the Native Americans of the West, including the Flat-heads, Shoshones, and Sioux.