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A summer journey in the west

By Eliza R. Steele
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The author records a four-thousand-mile summer tour of the American interior, combining epistolary travel letters and practical notes. She describes steamboat passages on the Hudson and Great Lakes, prairie vistas and river journeys on the Illinois, Mississippi, and Ohio, and the Allegheny mountain crossing back to New York. Alongside vivid landscape and geological sketches, the account supplies distances, prices, conveyances, and observations on settlements and customs for travelers and emigrants.

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Eliza R. Steele

Eliza R. Steele was an American author known for her travel writing in the 19th century. Her notable work, "A Summer Journey in the West," offers a vivid account of her experiences and observations during her travels through the western United States. Steele's writing reflects the spirit of exploration and the cultural landscape of her time, providing readers with insights into the geography and society of the era. Through her descriptive prose, she captures the beauty and challenges of the American frontier, contributing to the literary heritage of travel literature.

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