Letters From An American Farmer
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- ADVERTISEMENT AND DEDICATION
- LETTER I: INTRODUCTION. . . 1
- LETTER II: OF THE SITUATION, FEELINGS, AND PLEASURES
OF AN AMERICAN FARMER. . . 22
- LETTER III: WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?. . . 48
- LETTER IV: DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF NATUCKET,
WITH THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, POLICY, AND TRADE OF THE
INHABITANTS. . . 119
- LETTER V: CUSTOMARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
OF THE INHABITANTS OF NANTUCKET. . . 156
- LETTER VI: DESCRIPTION OF THE INHABITANTS OF
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, AND OF THE WHALE FISHERY. . . 165
- LETTER VII: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS AT
NANTUCKET. . . 183
- LETTER VIII: PECULIAR CUSTOMS AT NANTUCKET. . . 202
- LETTER IX: DESCRIPTION OF CHARLES-TOWN; THOUGHTS
ON SLAVERY; ON PHYSICAL EVIL; A MELANCHOLY SCENE. . . 222
- LETTER X: OF SNAKES; AND ON THE
HUMMING-BIRD. . . 246
- LETTER XI: FROM MR. IW--N AL--Z, A RUSSIAN
GENTLEMAN, DESCRIBING THE VISIT HE PAID, AT MY REQUEST, TO MR. JOHN
BERTRAM, THE CLEBRATED PENNSYLVANIA BOTANIST. . . 258
- LETTER XII: DISTRESSES OF A FRONTIER-MAN. . . 281
- APPENDIX I. . . 331
- APPENDIX II. . . 349