Front cover image for Life and liberty in America, or, Sketches of a tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8

Life and liberty in America, or, Sketches of a tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8

Charles Mackay (Author), Harper & Brothers (Publisher)
Print Book, English, 1859
Harper & Brothers, Publishers, franklin Square, New York, 1859
413 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
419527
The voyage out
New York
Broadway by night
Hotel life
American firemen
From New York to Boston
To the Falls of Niagara
Niagara
Newport and Rhode Island
Philadelphia
Washington
Interview of Indians with their "Great Father"
Americanisms and American slang
The Irish in America
From Washington to Cincinnati
The Queen City of the West
St. Louis, Missouri
The Mormons
From St. Louis to New Orleans
"Tthe Crescent City"
From Louisiana to Alabama
South Carolina
South Carolina (continued)
A rice plantation
Savannah and the sea islands
From South Carolina to Virginia
From Richmond to Washington
The social and political aspects of slavery
Pro-slavery philosophy
Decline of the Spanish race in America
Baltimore and Maryland
From Baltimore to New York
American literature, art, and science
Parties and party tyranny
Albany
Tthe future of the United States
From Albany to Montreal
To the top of Bel Œil
The St. Lawrence
Quebec
Toronto
Hamilton, London, and Ottawa
Shooting the rapids
Emigration
Home again
"With ten illustrations."
Publisher's advertisements (2 unnumbered pages) at end