
Embark on a captivating journey through 19th-century America with George W. Hooper's "Down the River." This meticulously observed travelogue offers a fascinating glimpse into the landscapes, towns, and people encountered along a major American waterway. Hooper's vivid descriptions...


This delightful divertissement is a lampoon of dueling culture set in southeastern Alabama, penned by a cousin of the better known humorist Johnson Jones Hooper. Interestingly George W. Hooper did not identify himself as the author, perhaps for fear that some enterprising duelist...