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J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur: Letters From An American Farmer
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur “Letters from an American Farmer” Letters from an American Farmer written by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur is 12 letters written by an American farmer, named James. James is the speaker in all 12 letters which are written to his European friend.
The occasion when J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur wrote these letters was only years before the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War was the war between America and Britain when America became its own country. These letters tell about many differences between the life of an American man compared to the life of an English man. The occasion in letter number two itself was a little while after James had first visited with his English friend and he lets him know
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