The Magic of Pennsylvania Travel Narratives, Part II

Pennsylvania travel narratives which appeared in the last decade of the eighteenth century began to reflect a change in perspective from views of the authors who had come before (see “The Magic of Pennsylvania Travel Narratives, Part I”, Pennsylvania Heritage, Winter 1981, page 9). Changing times and newer modes of transportation contributed to a different view of the landscape....
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The Magic of Pennsylvania Travel Narratives, Part I

Old travel narratives are like old love letters. Consider the young woman who finds a stack of yellowed notes buried in an attic trunk, who sits down upon the floor, opens the first, and reads the endearments of another century. Once again the passionate words find an attentive reader, and once again the issue is in doubt. Will love triumph? Or will war or sickness or jealousy intervene? Between...
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