Letters from America
Brooke, Rupert / Markovits, Benjamin
In May 1913, Rupert Brooke embarked on a year-long expedition of North America, visiting the United States, Canada, and finally the South Seas. He sent his impressions home in a series of letters, written for publication in the "Westminster Gazette, " describing all his various experiences and reflections: the beauty of arriving by boat at night in New York, the novelties of a baseball game, the awesome grandeur of Niagara Falls and the Canadi...