American Notes

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Rudyard Kipling. American Notes

Introduction

I. AT THE GOLDEN GATE

II. AMERICAN POLITICS

III. AMERICAN SALMON

IV. THE YELLOWSTONE

V. CHICAGO

VI. THE AMERICAN ARMY

VII. AMERICA’S DEFENCELESS COASTS

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THIS is what Bret Harte has written of the great city of San Francisco, and for the past fortnight I have been wondering what made him do it.

There is neither serenity nor indifference to be found in these parts; and evil would it be for the continents whose wardship were intrusted to so reckless a guardian.

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“Well,” said the reporter, “Bret Harte claims California, but California don’t claim Bret Harte. He’s been so long in England that he’s quite English. Have you seen our cracker factories or the new offices of the ‘Examiner’?”

He could not understand that to the outside world the city was worth a great deal less than the man. I never intended to curse the people with a provincialism so vast as this.

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