{"product_id":"echoes-from-the-backwoods-or-sketches-of-transatlantic-life-paperback-9781108033527","title":"Echoes from the Backwoods; Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108033527","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEchoes from the Backwoods\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOr, Sketches of Transatlantic Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis two-volume work of 1846 conveys the attractions of the wildlife and the people of eastern North America.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. G. A. Levinge (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033527, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 July 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 3 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 1.6 x 14 cm, 0.35 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\"\u003eA dynamic army officer and sportsman, Sir Richard Levinge (1811–84) was an unlikely chronicler of nature. However, service during the suppression of the French Canadian uprising of 1837–8 led to a personal fascination with the people, flora and fauna of the Canadian colonies. Published in 1846, this two-volume description of travel through eastern Canada and the United States reflects the author's passion for hunting and the outdoor life. In Volume 2 readers are introduced to the American swamps, Montreal, the Great Lakes and Niagara Falls, as well as the continent's exotic fauna in the form of racoons, snakes and bald eagles. Illustrated with a dramatic lithograph of a caribou hunt, this work conveys both the dangers and the attractions for the hunter and traveller of the North American continent at this period, and includes a sardonic account of the military activity which caused Levinge to be there.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e10. A race through the United States continued\u003cbr\u003e 11. A race through the United States continued\u003cbr\u003e 12. A race through the United States continued\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Atlantic. A winter's passage\u003cbr\u003e 14. Of the outbreak in Lower Canada\u003cbr\u003e 15. Upper Canada. Niagara\u003cbr\u003e 16. Upper Canada. Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan\u003cbr\u003e 17. Second outbreak in Lower Canada, in 1838\u003cbr\u003e 18. Prairies of Illinois\u003cbr\u003e 19. Upper Canada. Niagara District.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266036191512,"sku":"9781108033527","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108033527i.jpg?v=1694873719","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/echoes-from-the-backwoods-or-sketches-of-transatlantic-life-paperback-9781108033527","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}