01932cam a22003493u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500009001051000052001142450036001662640051002023000047002533360026003003370026003263380036003525000098003885000031004865080078005175200665005955340045012606530022013056530067013276530058013946530051014527000037015038560042015404666UtSlPG20260610133129.0mcr n260607r2003||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE1511 aSt. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector,d1735-181310aLetters from an American Farmer 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2003 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_an_American_Farmer aRelease date is 2003-11-01 aSteve Harris, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team a"Letters from an American Farmer" by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur is a series of letters first published in 1782. Through the voice of a fictional farmer named James, this work explores life in the British colonies of America before the Revolutionary War. The twelve letters examine diverse topics, from defining American identity to describing Quaker society on Nantucket, confronting the brutal realities of slavery in Charleston, and witnessing a farmer's anguish as war approaches. Recognized as one of the first works in American literary canon, it blends documentary observation with social commentary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aNantucket (Mass.) aUnited States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 aUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783 aSt. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-18131 aBlake, Warren Barton,d1883-191840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4666