Domestic manners of the Americans vs Ker-bloom!: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Domestic manners of the Americans Domestic manners of the Americans Frances Milton Trollope · 1832 366 pages · ≈ 6 h 47 m · Demanding
“On the 4th of November, 1827, I sailed from London, accompanied by my son and two daughters; and after a favourable, though somewhat tedious voyage, arrived on Christmas-day at the mouth of the Mississippi.”

When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827 with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, she took with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony,…

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Ker-bloom!
Ker-bloom! artnoose · 1996 Moderate

artnoose chronicles their bike trip from Euegene, Oregon to Berkeley, California with their friend Scott. Scott teaches them to stop and take in their surroundings, and artnoose fills the perzine with vivid descriptions…

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Editions 45 112
Citations 169 —
Film adaptations 1 —
Wikipedia attention 399 —
Pages 366 —

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