Logan, James Notes of A Journey Through Canada, The United States of America, and the West Indies Edinburgh, Fraser and Co., 1838. First Edition, octavo, folding map, xii, 259 pp., contemporary dark brown morocco, raised bands, spine compartmented and gilt, covers elaborately tooled in gilt, a.e.g., yellow coated endpapers, some minor rubbing and scuffing to edges and extremities, the map is in very good condition with only brief separations at intersections of folds. This travel narrative "severely critical in tone," relates the author's travels through the United States, Canada, Texas, the West Indies and Cuba. The author a true anglophile says: "Should the traveller be a Briton, he will find the love of his country strengthen as he proceeds; and, when he returns to the home of his youth, he will be grateful to Providence for having cast his lot in a land more highly favored than any which he has seen." Logan's trip took him through Canada, down the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis, then back up the Ohio River and to Niagra, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, through the South to Mobile, New Orleans, and Texas, including a meeting with Stephen F. Austin, then to Cuba and Jamaica before sailing home. "The emphasis in this travel work is upon information that might prove useful to emigrants. After traveling in Canada and visiting his brother there, Logan came to St. Louis, and in October, 1836, he worked his way up the Ohio River loading wood and pig iron on a steamer. A few weeks later he traveled to New Orleans. He left New Orleans for Cuba." - Clark. Scarce and interesting travel narrative. Clark, Travels in the Old South III:197; Howes L-431; Sabin 41798; TPL 1979 Price: USD 1,000.00 other currencies   order no. 485    inquire

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