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Book Review of Sixty Miles From Contentment: Traveling The Nineteenth-Century American Interior

Sixty Miles From Contentment: Traveling The Nineteenth-Century American Interior
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Interesting book, he goes over what 300 known and not-so-well-known travelers thought of the interior (he defines it as north of the Ohio). A lot happened in the 19th century, so he can't always make sweeping generalizations for the whole time.