Sixty Miles from Contentment is a revitalization of a pulsating American scene in the nineteenth-century. Drawing on the work of travel writers from America's o

The early history of photography in America coincided with the Euro-American settlement of the West. This thoughtful book argues that the rich history of wester

Ruth Edgerton Douglass's diary recounts her winter journey from Detroit to Wisconsin and then her life through autumn and into the following winter on Isle Roya

This fascinating cultural history, studded with vivid details bringing the experience of Victorian-era travel alive, explores the beginnings of urban tourism, a

Tells the story of commercial development in Central Missouri in the 1800s.