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Das Skizzenbuch des Geoffrey Crayon, Esq.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon is the compilation of 34 short stories and essays by Washington Irving. It includes some of his most famous stories, such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, and was one of the first works of American fiction to become popular in Britain and Europe. The tone of the stories varies widely, and they are held together by the powerful charm of their…
Gemeinsame Themen: Americans, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs
Palmettoblätter
After the Civil War, the Stowes bought a house on the St. Johns River near Mandarin, Florida. For several years, they spent the winters at their Florida home. In 1872, Stowe published Pametto Leaves describing the area, its people and wildlife. The book is organized as a series of articles and includes several ink sketches. It provides a unique view of north Florida and may have influenced Henry…
Gemeinsame Themen: Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs
Die Hudson-Bay-Kompagnie
The author's first-hand account of the first 3 or 4 years of his career with the Hudson's Bay Company during the early part of the 1800's. Includes personal narratives of his day-to-day adventures, duties to "the Company", personal trials and tribulations in the far north country of Canada, trips and expeditions, and several accounts of his hunting and fishing excursions - all before the age of…
Gemeinsame Themen: Homes and haunts, Description and travel, Travel, History
Die Unschuldigen im Ausland
Twain's letters about his steamship voyage of 1867.
Gemeinsame Themen: Americans, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs
Andere Königreiche
In 1918, wounded WWI American soldier Alex White has a frightening encounter in the forest near the pastoral English village of Gatford. His encounter leads him into the arms of Magda Variel, an alluring red-haired widow rumored to be a witch. She warns him to steer clear of the wood and the perilous faerie kingdom it borders, but Alex cannot help himself. Drawn to its verdant mysteries, he finds…
Gemeinsame Themen: Americans, History
Bummel durch den Wilden Westen
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known as "Mark Twain," left Missouri in 1861 to work with his brother, the newly appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory. Once settled in Nevada, Clemens fell victim to gold fever and went to the Humboldt mines. When prospecting lost its attractions, Clemens found work as a reporter in Virginia City. In 1864, Clemens moved to California and worked…
Gemeinsame Themen: Homes and haunts, Description and travel, Travel