Volume 1: Introduction; 1. Barnum's Hotel at Baltimore; 2. Ascent of the first Alleghany Ridges; 3. A Virginia hotel in the mountains; 4. The celebrated White Sulphur Springs; 5. State of society at Compulsion Row; 6. The system of Alleghany Ridges caused by an upheaval from below, and the White Sulphur Springs a consequence of the movement; 7. Paying beforehand as bad as not paying at all; 8. Depart on foot across the mountains to Fincastle; 9. Cause of some confusion in the designation of the Alleghany Ridges explained; 10. A pleasant party in a stage coach; 11. A Negro-driver in mourning for a great patriot; 12. Indian practice of burning the underwood to enable the natives to pursue the game; 13. Description of Nashville; 14. The religious sect of the Campbellites; 15. Leave Nashville; 16. Leave Louisville, and take to the stage-coach again; 17. A remarkable barrow; 18. Purchase a waggon; 19. Departure from St. Louis; 20. Taplitt and Perry's lead mines; 21. Mine la Motte; 22. Big Black River. Volume 2: 23. The 'Military Road'; 24. Description of White River; 25. Little Red River; 26. State of Society at Little Rock; 27. Apology for the manners of Arkansas; 28. A concert of wolves; 29. Arrive at Magnet Cove; 30. Curious and beautiful mineral structure of the adjacent country; 31. Leave the Hot Springs; 32. Bear-hunting; 33. Probable origin of prairies; 34. Mr. Williams; 35. Course and ancient channels of Red River; 36. Reach Little Rock again; 37. Approximative method suggested of calculating the age of fluviatile deposits; 38. The steamer boarded by swindlers; 39. The delta of the Mississippi; 40. Quadroon young ladies, their hard fate; 41. Embark in a steamer, and ascend the Mobile and Alabama; 42. Description of the Muskogee or Creek people; 43. The ruins of a nation; 44. The gentlemen of America; 45. Inside and outside passengers in chain; Concluding chapter.
Published in 1844, this description of the American South documents its fascinating geography and its often harsh and violent society.
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