Walton / Armstrong The Majestic Nature of the North

Thomas Kelah Wharton’s Journeys in Antebellum America through the Hudson River Valley and New England
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7329-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 374 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

The illustrated nineteenth-century travel diaries of artist, educator, and architect Thomas Kelah Wharton, documenting his trips in the lower Hudson River Valley and New Orleans to Boston and back.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walton, Steven A.

Armstrong, Michael J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
A Note on Transcription
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

Introduction
Steven A. Walton

1. Thomas Kelah Wharton’s Autobiography

2. New York and the Hudson Valley, 1832–1834

3. Return to the Northeast, 1853

4. Biographical Register

Appendix Known Works by Thomas Kelah Wharton

Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Steven A. Walton is Associate Professor of History at Michigan Technological University. He is the author and editor of several books, including Wind & Water in the Middle Ages: Fluid Technologies from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Michael J. Armstrong is retired Senior Vice President of Operations for U.S. News & World Report and former President of the Chapel Restoration, Wharton's first architectural commission, in Cold Spring, New York.