Charles Dickens records his impressions of America during his 1842 journey. - Summary by Brad "Hamlet" Filippone
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Episodes
Dedication and Prefaces
Episode 0 · 4:10
Going Away
Episode 1 · 19:57
The Passage Out
Episode 2 · 33:34
Boston, part one
Episode 3 · 49:48
Boston, part two
Episode 4 · 39:52
An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System
Episode 5 · 20:39
Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York
Episode 6 · 20:09
New York
Episode 7 · 41:13
Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison
Episode 8 · 35:51
Washington. The Legislature. And the President’s House
Episode 9 · 38:35
A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. Virginia Road, and a Black Driver. Richmond. Baltimore. The Harrisburg Mail, and a Glimpse of the City. A Canal Boat
Episode 10 · 40:19
Some further Account of the Canal Boat, its Domestic Economy, and its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg
Episode 11 · 24:28
From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat. Cincinnati
Episode 12 · 21:38
From Cincinnati to Louisville in another Western Steamboat; and from Louisville to St. Louis in another. St. Louis
Episode 13 · 26:49
A Jaunt to the Looking-glass Prairie and back
Episode 14 · 19:08
Return to Cincinnati. A Stage-coach Ride from that City to Columbus, and thence to Sandusky. So, by Lake Erie, to the Falls of Niagara
Episode 15 · 37:40
In Canada; Toronto; Kingston; Montreal; Quebec; St. John’s. In the United States again; Lebanon; The Shaker Village; West Point