LEADER 03319nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910955946503321 005 20251116230622.0 010 $a0-8214-4212-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521662 035 $a(OCoLC)191935394 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10156430 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284989 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11248339 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284989 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10262736 035 $a(PQKB)10958098 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3026924 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3026924 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10156430 035 $a(BIP)35538471 035 $a(BIP)13159063 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521662 100 $a20060111d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTraveling women $enarrative visions of early America /$fSusan Clair Imbarrato 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8214-1674-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index. 327 $aThe language of travel : the practical and the picturesque -- Ordinary travel : public houses and travel conditions -- Writing into the Ohio frontier : genteel expectations and rustic realities -- Literary crossroads : travel narrative, poetry, and novel -- Capturing experience : travel narrative and letter, a comparative view. 330 $aWomen's travel narratives recording journeys north and south along the eastern seaboard and west onto the Ohio frontier enhance our historical understanding of early America. Drawing extensively from primary sources, Travelling Women document's women's role in westward settlement and emphasizes travel as a culture-building event. Susan Clair Imbarrato closely examines women's accounts of their journeys from 1700 to 1830, including Sarah Kemble Knight's well-known journal of her trip from Boston to New York in 1704 and many lesser-known accounts, such as Sarah Beavis's 1779 journal of her travel to Ohio via Kentucky and Susan Edwards Johnson's account or her 1801-2 journey from Connecticut to North Carolina. In the women's keen observations and entertaining wit, readers will find bravado mixed with hesitation, as women set forth on business, to relocate, and for pleasure. 606 $aTravelers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican prose literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTravel writing$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aTravel writing$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen travelers$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xDescription and travel 615 0$aTravelers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican prose literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTravel writing$xHistory 615 0$aTravel writing$xHistory 615 0$aWomen travelers$xHistory. 676 $a810.9/320922 700 $aImbarrato$b Susan Clair$0803420 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955946503321 996 $aTraveling women$94472322 997 $aUNINA