Parker, A.A.:

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TRIP TO THE WEST AND TEXAS. COMPRISING A JOURNEY OF EIGHT THOUSAND MILES, THROUGH NEW-YORK, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, LOUISIANA AND TEXAS, IN THE AUTUMN AND WINTER OF ... Parker was a New Hampshire lawyer and judge, and part-time author. During his travels he spent a good deal of time in Texas just prior to the Revolution. This is an early English-language description of Texas, and quite positive in its view of what had been characterized as a very rough country. There are occasional trenchant observations of slavery, including an incident in Texas where a recently re-captured slave begged Parker to help him escape his bondage. Parker also devotes six chapters to an account of his trip through northern and central Illinois with descriptions of the state, and the appendix contains descriptions of other midwestern states. The plates depict sporting scenes: "Catching Wild Horses" and "Shooting Deer.""Even though quite prosaic in style, it has for a little known new country like Texas the interest that is present in any early contemporary account of travels" - Streeter. "A valuable work" - Buck.

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