American Notes for General Circulation
Author(s): Charles Dickens
Genre(s): *non-fiction, Travel & Geography
Narrators: Alisson Veldhuis, Bobolink, EliMarieHK, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Ric Cornwall, Guero, Tom Crawford
Number of Chapters: 22
Length: 11 hours and 11 minutes
Language: English
American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. While there he acted as a critical observer of these societies almost as if returning a status report on their progress. This can be compared to the style of his Pictures from Italy written four years later, where he wrote far more like a tourist. His American journey was also an inspiration for his novel Martin Chuzzlewit. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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07 - Chapter 5: Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York (Denny Sayers (d. 2015))
11 - Chapter 9: A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. Virginia Road, and a Black Driver. Richmond. Baltimore. The Harrisburg Mail, and a Glimpse of the City. A Canal Boat. (Alisson Veldhuis)
12 - Chapter 10: Some Further Account of the Canal Boat, its Domestic Economy, and its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg Across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg. (Ric Cornwall)
14 - Chapter 12: From Cincinnati to Louisville in another Western Steamboat; and from Louisville to St. Louis in another. St. Louis. (Ric Cornwall)
16 - Chapter 14: Return to Cincinnati. A Stage-Coach Ride from that City to Columbus, and thence to Sandusky. So, by Lake Erie, to the Falls of Niagara (Alisson Veldhuis)
The audiobook American Notes for General Circulation falls under the genres of *non-fiction, Travel & Geography. It is written by Charles Dickens.