Summary of Colonial American Travel Narratives Summary of Colonial American Travel Narratives Reviews for Colonial American Travel Narratives An Excerpt from Colonial American Travel Narratives

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Four journeys by early Americans Mary Rowlandson, Sarah Kemble Knight, William Byrd II, and Dr. Alexander Hamilton recount the vivid physical and psychological challenges of colonial life. Essential primary texts in the study of early American cultural life, they are now conveniently collected in a single volume. INTRODUCTION: MAPPING AMERICAN LIFE SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING A NOTE ON THE TEXTS A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson The Journal of Madam Knight The Secret History of the Line by William Byrd II The Itinerarium of Dr. Alexander Hamilton EXPLANATORY NOTES