Harriet Martineau arrived in the United States from London in 1834 and stayed for almost 2 years. Her Retrospect of Western Travel, originally published in 1838, is the noted ...

Reproduction of the original: Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume I (of 2) by Harriet Martineau

This abridged version of Harriet Martineau's narrative of her travels in Jacksonian America preserves her reporting on slavery and other current topics of the day, as well as ...

This abridged version of Harriet Martineau's narrative of her travels in Jacksonian America preserves her reporting on slavery and other current topics of the day, as well as ...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works ...