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About this Item

Title

  • As some things appear on the Plains and among the Rockies in mid-summer.

Summary

  • Young, an African American from South Carolina, narrates his journey across the U.S. from Atlanta to the Rockies and back via the Upper Midwest and Chicago. He records his impressions of both country and people, devoting special attention to his encounters with blacks and whites. Young finds much more freedom and equality in the West than in the South.

Names

  • Young, Kenneth M., 1859-1929.
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Spartanburg, S.C. : Press of W. Al. Fowler, Lessee, Herald Printing Establishment, [189-]

Headings

  • -  United States--Description and travel
  • -  African Americans--Travel

Genre

  • Travel literature--South Carolinz--Spartanburg--1890

Notes

  • -  Cover title.
  • -  Signed on p. 15: Kenneth M. Young, Spartanburg, S.C.
  • -  Date inferred from text on p. [3].
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy has inscription in pencil on cover: K. Young.

Medium

  • 15 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. 21, no. 3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898500

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Young, Kenneth M, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. As some things appear on the Plains and among the Rockies in mid-summer. [Spartanburg, S.C.: Press of W. Al. Fowler, Lessee, Herald Printing Establishment, 189, 1890] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898500/.

APA citation style:

Young, K. M. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1890) As some things appear on the Plains and among the Rockies in mid-summer. [Spartanburg, S.C.: Press of W. Al. Fowler, Lessee, Herald Printing Establishment, 189] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898500/.

MLA citation style:

Young, Kenneth M, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. As some things appear on the Plains and among the Rockies in mid-summer. [Spartanburg, S.C.: Press of W. Al. Fowler, Lessee, Herald Printing Establishment, 189, 1890] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898500/>.