The Port Folio, Volumes 1-2

Step into the fascinating world of 19th-century American literature with this charming collection of essays, stories, and poems. Written by some of the country's most celebrated writers and thinkers, including Benjamin Franklin and Washington Irving, these works provide a window onto the issues and concerns of the period.

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