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Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America

by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur · 1968

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America's physical and cultural landscape is captured in these two classics of American history. Letters provides an invaluable view of the pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary eras; Sketchesdetails in vivid prose the physical setting in which American settlers created their history.

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American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of this
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18th century18th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAmerican RevolutionAmerican RevolutionMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thishigh schoolhigh schoolMore like thisLess of thisNantucket IslandNantucket IslandMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 501 pages

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