Letters From America

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 his experiences and the beauty of arriving by boat at night in New York; the novelties of a baseball game; the grandeur of Niagara Falls and the Canadian wilderness; and traveling by American train through new scenery. He offers blunt judgments on society, business, and cities; playful accounts of Anglo-American relations; and reflects on the vast landscape. Henry James's foreword to the collection from 1916 is included as an afterword.