1st Edition

Sixty Miles From Contentment Traveling The NineteenthCentury American Interior

By M. H. Dunlop Copyright 1998
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    Sixty Miles from Contentment is a revitalization of a pulsating American scene in the nineteenth-century. Drawing on the work of travel writers from America's own East Coast and from fourteen other countries, it offers a witty and irreverent look at the wild Midwest in its heyday.

    Preface -- Secrets of the Interior -- The Derangement of Comfort -- Dreaming on the Run -- Marvels and Wonders -- Still Life -- A Table Set for Hundreds -- Strangers -- Yesterday's Future -- Sunset

    Biography

    M. H. Dunlop