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PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS, TRAVELS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN AMERICA: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
McKinstry, E. Richard

- (Winterthur, DE : Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum) 1997 - 8vo. - cloth - xx, 236 pages with 6 leaves of illustrations - ISBN 0912724390 / Order Nr. 69164 - Price: $ 40.00 View Table of Contents

First edition. The third volume in the Research Resources at Winterthur series, this book focuses attention on the manuscript diaries which deal with some aspect of travel in America that are part of the Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera at the Winterthur Library. Ninety-four manuscripts receive a thorough content analysis that often includes references to related works. A bibliography of another 450 published travel narratives in the Winterthur Printed Book Collection is also included. With chronological, geographic and comprehensive indexes and twelve black-and-white illustrations.

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