Author: Cobbett, William
Title: 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....etc. - In Three Parts.
Description: London, J.M. Cobbett, 1822. Third Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 360pp. Bound in modern leather, marbled boards, paper spine label. folding map. Text is tanned and clean, folding map has minor archival tape repair and is in very sound condition. Author's descriptions of the country, it's culture, its agriculture including a discussion of the farming of the Ruta Baga. He crtiicizes at length Morris Birkbeck's settlement in Illinois. Howes C- 525. Very Good.

Keywords: Agriculture Farming Q2q


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