Life and Liberty in America: Or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8, Volume 1

Charles Mackay

Smith, Elder and Company, 1859 - Canada

Contents

• CHAP PAGE I THE VOYAGE OUT: 1
• NEW YORK: 12
• BROADWAY BY NIGHT: 24
• HOTEL LIFE: 37
• AMERICAN FIREMEN: 47
• FROM NEW YORK TO BOSTON: 56
• TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA: 69
• NIAGARA: 79
• NEWPORT AND RHODE ISLAND: 100
• PHILADELPHIA: 111
• WASHINGTON: 122
• INTERVIEW OF INDIANS WITH THEIR GREAT FATHER: 133
• AMERICANISMS AND AMERICAN SLANG: 154
• THE IRISH IN AMERICA: 175
• FROM WASHINGTON TO CINCINNATI: 184
• THE QUEEN CITY OF THE WEST: 197
• ST LOUIS MISSOURI: 216
• THE MORMONS: 233
• FROM ST LOUIS TO NEW ORLEANS: 240
• THE CRESCENT CITY: 254
• FROM LOUISIANA TO ALABAMA: 278
• XXII SOUTH CAROLINA: 293
• SOUTH CAROLINAcontinued: 303
• A RICE PLANTATION: 315
• SAVANNAH AND THE SEA ISLANDS: 331

Bibliographic information

• Title: Life and Liberty in America: Or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8, Volume 1; Life and Liberty in America: Or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8, Charles Mackay
• Author: Charles Mackay
• Publisher: Smith, Elder and Company, 1859
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 16, 2008