A YEAR'S RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by William Cobbett
Publication: London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones,
1818 A year's residence in the United States of America; treating of the face of the country, the climate, the soil, the products, the mode of cultivating the land, the prices of land, of labour, of food, of raiment; of the expenses of house-keeping and of the usual manner of living; of the manners and customs of the people; and, of the institutions of the country, civil, political and religious.
1819. Some pages are detached. Treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil, the Products, the Mode of Cultivating the Land, the Prices of Land, of Labour, of Food, of Raiment; Of the Expense of House-keeping and of the Usual Manners of Living; Of the Manners and Customs of the People; And, of the Institutions of the Country, Civil, Political, and Religious. In Three Parts. Part I. Containtaining, I. A Description of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Seasons and the Soil; The Facts Being Taken from the Author's Daily Notes During a Whole Year. II. An Account of the Author's Agricultural Experiments in the Cultivation of the RUTABAGA, or Russia, or Swedish, Turnip, which Afford Proof of what the Climate and Soil are.
William Cobbett (9 March 1763 – 18 June 1835) was an English radical pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey.
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