American Travel Narratives as a Literary Genre From 1542-1832 the Art of a Perpetual Journey

". . . provides a new and important component to mainstream studies in early-American literature. . . . She locates the American travel narrative in its historical and aesthetic context, creating an interesting and useful book designed for a wide audience. The work will appeal to specialists in early-American literature and history as well as the general reader who delights in tales of early-American travel. . . . Her approach is essential to our understanding of how the country was shaped. She is an author with vision and the ability to make sense out of her materials." - Edith Wagner

"Sharon Brown, herself a pioneer in America's uncharted literary past, calls our attention to a thematically, stylistically rich, yet neglected body of work. A nation whose literature formed while its population migrated needs to recognize this genre, the travel narrative, as a key to its literary history. Ms. Brown's thorough scholarship . . . adds new perimeters to the canon." - Joseph Greco