STIRLING, James.

Letters from Slave States.

Item #74523

STIRLING, James. Letters from Slave States. London: John W. Parker and Son, 1857. 1st ed. vii,374pp. Map frontis. Orig. decorated cloth. Light wear to spine ends, rear inner hinge starting, else a very good. HOWES S-1012. Stirling "gave a critical and sometimes biased picture of the American way of life. While he made the traditional statement that the south was made up of rich planters and poor white trash, he acknowledged the presence of yeoman farmers and asserted that these middle-class people operated slavery in its mildest form"-Clark, Travels in the Old South 498.

Price: $450.00