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J . Hector St John de Crevecoeur. Meghan Twigg. Born in France in 1735 Was educated in England Came to America in 1754 Married a N ew England girl Farmer Wrote Letters from an American Farmer. Biography. Letters From an American Farmer. Published in 1782
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J. Hector St John de Crevecoeur Meghan Twigg
Born in France in 1735 Was educated in England Came to America in 1754 Married a New England girl Farmer Wrote Letters from an American Farmer Biography
Letters From an American Farmer • Published in 1782 • Epistolary novel- novel written as a series of documents, most often letters. • Provides an idealized look at colonial, farming life. • de Crevecoeur gives his perspective on many things such as immigration and emigration • Ubipanisibi patria- Where there is bread, there is my country.
The American Dream Letters from an American Farmer provided a look at an idealized life in America that began the belief that anything can be achieved once moving here. Showed ideas of a larger, fuller, more free life than those in England Gives an example of a man run down by his English life but being revived by American life.
