TY - BOOK AU - Kemble,Fanny TI - Journal of a Residence in America AV - F106 PY - 2016/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865 KW - Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 KW - Atlantic States -- Description and travel N1 - Release date is 2016-05-02; E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana); Original publication data not identified N2 - "Journal of a Residence in America" by Fanny Kemble is a personal travel journal written in the early 19th century. This work documents the author's experiences and reflections during her time in the United States. Kemble, a British actress, provides insightful observations on American life, society, and cultural contrasts with her native England as she travels aboard the ship Pacific." "At the start of the journal, Kemble describes her emotions while leaving England and boarding the ship, detailing her initial impressions of the journey across the Atlantic. She writes about the passengers aboard the ship, including fellow English travelers and a few Americans, capturing their interactions, reflections on homesickness, and experiences at sea. Her observations are colored by her literary sensibilities, revealing her longing for England and her excitement about encountering a new world, setting the stage for her explorations and reflections on American culture." (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51932 ER -