{"product_id":"american-scenery-or-land-lake-and-river-illustrations-of-transatlantic-nature-paperback-9781108003049","title":"American Scenery; Or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108003049","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Scenery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOr, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA book of prints and accompanying essays showing the beauties of the American landscape.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNathaniel Parker Willis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108003049, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e29.7 x 21 x 1.5 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNathaniel Parker Willis (1806–67) came from a publishing family and began his writing career with contributions to magazines. He also wrote poetry and plays but is best remembered as a travel writer. In this two-volume work of 1840, his contribution (described on the title page as 'the literary department') was to provide a narrative for prints from the engravings of William Henry Bartlett (1809–54), the famous British landscape artist, who followed already established tourist routes in the United States to make his drawings. Each of Bartlett's 119 engravings is accompanied by a short essay by Willis, who states in the preface that it is his intention to bring to the reader at home 'at small cost' the sensations of travel which 'those whose lot is domestic and retired' would never be in a position to experience for themselves. This extremely popular work remained in print for thirty years.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Portrait of Mr. Bartlett\u003cbr\u003e 2. Niagara Falls, from the ferry\u003cbr\u003e 3. View from West Point\u003cbr\u003e 4. Trenton Falls, view down the ravine\u003cbr\u003e 5. View from Mount Holyoke\u003cbr\u003e 6. The outlet of Niagara River\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Palisades, Hudson River\u003cbr\u003e 8. The rapids above the falls of Niagara\u003cbr\u003e 9. Saratoga Lake\u003cbr\u003e 10. The colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs\u003cbr\u003e 11. Albany\u003cbr\u003e 12. Crow's nest, from Bull Hill, West Point\u003cbr\u003e 13. View below Table Rock\u003cbr\u003e 14. Lake Winipiseogee\u003cbr\u003e 15. The tomb of Kosciusko\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Horshoe Fall at Niagara, with the tower\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Narrows, at Staten Island\u003cbr\u003e 18. View of the Capitol at Washington\u003cbr\u003e 19. View of the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga\u003cbr\u003e 20. View from Fort Putnam\u003cbr\u003e 21. View of State Street, Boston\u003cbr\u003e 22. Niagara Falls, from Clifton House\u003cbr\u003e 23. View from Hyde Park\u003cbr\u003e 24. Village of Sing-Sing\u003cbr\u003e 25. View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh\u003cbr\u003e 26. Descent into the Valley of Wyoming\u003cbr\u003e 27. Boston, from Dorchester Heights\u003cbr\u003e 28. View of Faneuil Hall, Boston\u003cbr\u003e 29. New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station\u003cbr\u003e 30. Peekskill Landing\u003cbr\u003e 31. Light House, near Caldwell Landing\u003cbr\u003e 32. Harper's Ferry, from the Potomac side\u003cbr\u003e 33. Caldwell, Lake George\u003cbr\u003e 34. Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee\u003cbr\u003e 35. Yale College, at New Haven\u003cbr\u003e 36. Willey House\u003cbr\u003e 37. Battle Monument, Baltimore\u003cbr\u003e 38. Forest Scene on Lake Ontario\u003cbr\u003e 39. Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad\u003cbr\u003e 40. The Indian Falls near Coldspring\u003cbr\u003e 41. Columbia Bridge, on the Susquehanna\u003cbr\u003e 42. The Genessee Falls, Rochester\u003cbr\u003e 43. The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York\u003cbr\u003e 44. Rail-road scene, Little Falls\u003cbr\u003e 45. Utica\u003cbr\u003e 46. The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara\u003cbr\u003e 47. View from Mount Washington\u003cbr\u003e 48. Mount Washington, and the White Hills\u003cbr\u003e 49. The Park and City Hall, New York\u003cbr\u003e 50. The two lakes, and the mountain house on the Catskills\u003cbr\u003e 51. Trenton High Falls\u003cbr\u003e 52. The valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson's Rock\u003cbr\u003e 53. Lockport, Erie Canal\u003cbr\u003e 54. The tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon\u003cbr\u003e 55. Black Mountain, Lake George\u003cbr\u003e 56. Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke\u003cbr\u003e 57. View on the Erie Canal, near Little Falls\u003cbr\u003e 58. Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill\u003cbr\u003e 59. Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken\u003cbr\u003e 60. View of Meredith, New Hampshire\u003cbr\u003e 61. Ballston Springs\u003cbr\u003e 62. The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e 63. The Notch House, White Mountains\u003cbr\u003e 64. Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming\u003cbr\u003e 65. Squawm Lake, New Hampshire\u003cbr\u003e 66. 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