Geographies of Travel: Impressions of America in the Long Nineteenth Century

by Susan L. Roberson

Travel writing was the most popular genre of writing in the nineteenth century. Initially published in newspapers and journals as dispatches from the road, these works allowed readers to join in on fabulous adventures by becoming armchair tourists--second-hand voyeurs of the peoples and places the writer visited. In order to take readers along on their journeys, travel writers typically recorded miles covered and dates of travel in a log or diary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1648432581
• ISBN13: 9781648432583
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 400 Pages