by Nathaniel H. Bishop
A geographical journey of 2,500 miles from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-75.
Bishop is an extremely good writer. If the quality of his prose was not sufficient to read this book, his descriptions of America shortly after the Civil War (or "the Rebellion") as it was always called at this time, are nothing short of priceless. One is privileged, while reading this book, to travel through time and see this country as it was and will never be again.
Contents: The Approaches to the Waterways of the Continent; From Quebec to Sorel; From the St. Lawrence River to Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain; From Lakes George and Champlain to the Hudson River; The American Paper Boat and the English Canoe; Troy to Philadelphia; Philadelphia to Cape Henlopen; From Cape Helopen to Norfolk, Virginia; From Norfolk to Cape Hatteras; From Cape Hatteras to Cape Fear, North Carolina; From Cape Fear to Charleston, South Carolina; From Charleston to Savannah, Geogia; From the Savannah River to Florida; St. Mary's River and the Suwanee Wilderness; Dow upon the Suwanee River.
Maps: General Map of Routes Followed by the Author During Two Voyages Made to the Gulf of Mexico; From Quebec, Canada, to Plattsburgh, New York State; From Plattsburgh to Albany; From New York City to Cape helopen, Delaware; From Cape Helopen, Delaware, to Norfolk, Virginia: From Norfolk, Virginia to Bogue Inlet, North Carolina; From Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, to Bull's Bay, South Carolina; From Bull's Bay, South Carolina, to St. Simon's Sound, Georgia; From St. Simon's Sound, George, to Cedar Keys, Florida. Bishop's other work, Four Months in a Sneakbox is also available from The Press at Toad Hall.
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