Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Step into North America before the postcards. A sharp eye, always moving. In this 19th century travelogue, J. G. Kohl records the streets, waterways, inns, and conversations that shaped daily life from pre-confederation Canada to the antebellum northeastern United States, with the curiosity of a visitor and the discipline of an observer. It feels close at hand.Travels In Canada, And Through The States Of New York And Pennsylvania (Volume I) offers a complete travel narrative and classic travel writing at its most immediate: canada cultural observations alongside new york state travel and a pennsylvania journey account. Expect towns, countryside, and transport routes described with practical clarity and a humane sense of humour. Kohl notices manners, languages, commerce, landscapes, and the small frictions of border crossings, creating one of the most revealing north american exploration accounts of its moment. For readers who love place-driven narrative, the prose moves while lingering on detail; for scholars, it stands as a primary source for historians and an american studies reference for understanding how the region was seen and explained in the mid-nineteenth century.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this volume is restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector’s item and a cultural treasure -- it belongs on the shelf of anyone building a victorian travelogue collection, and it reads just as well for the armchair traveller seeking a clear portrait of Canada and the northern United States as they once were.
