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February 28th, 2012 - 2:36 pm § in Book Chapters

De Tocqueville’s Tour of American Prisons and Cities in 1831 a companion to the C-Span series – Mackinac Island

Fragments from Tocqueville’s travel diary on his trip to and from Mackinac Island and conversation that occurred there. We leave at 5 o’clock in the morning. We cross the South West point of Lake Huron. Fleet of 22 Indian canoes. Going in the opposite direction and returning home when th[...]