by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. Softbound, 208 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Reprinted from a 1912 edition, an 18th century classic on life in early America. The essay-length letters, comprising this narrative inform readers about life in the early republic. Incisive vignettes of the new nation, its values, land, and the problems it confronted in making a union of the diverse former colonies.