Travel writings: 'A Middle-Aged Adventure', August 1917

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Title
Travel writings: 'A Middle-Aged Adventure', August 1917
Date
1917
Traveller
  • Cannon, Cornelia James
Reference
MC 553, 12.3
Region
  • North America
Country
  • United States
Places
  • Minnesota
Description
An account of Cornelia and a friend or family member leaving their family responsibilities behind and taking to the road to explore Minnesota and the surrounding area. They do not follow a specific route and they find places to camp along the way. The writer makes comments about the local inhabitants and the landscape. Topics commented upon include farming, crops, and the weather. There are some hints of social and political commentary regarding the desolation left by the Sioux Indian massacre of 1882, American democracy and German settlers.
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