Truvis, Llc My voyage to america: the diary of rudolph braëm, a danish merchant, 1829-1831, hardcover/rudolph braëm

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On January 13, 1829, twenty eight-year-old Rudolph Gothard Sigvart Bra m left his native Denmark to embark upon an adventure to America.

He chronicles the two years of his journey, painting vivid and colorful word pictures of the notable people he meets, his impressions of the American way of life, and his feelings about some of its conventions and institutions, including slavery.

In the year 1829, he wrote, I have seen more of our globe than in all my previous lifespan, and it has been on.