CHAPTER 1
Entrance of the Mississippi—­Balize
On the 4th of November, 1827, I sailed from London,
accompanied by my son and two daughters; and after
a favourable, though somewhat tedious voy...
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While she was the author of thirty-four novels, Frances Trollope has been more known as the mother of Anthony Trollope and as the author of a best-selling travel book, Domestic Manners of the American...
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Frances Trollope began life as a clergyman's daughter in March 1779 in the small Hampshire village of Heckfield. She shared this modest background with other women writers such as Jane Austen and Char...
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