{"product_id":"literary-voyagers-paperback","title":"Literary Voyagers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Wittkop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA complicated friendship blooms during a fated meeting in northern Michigan between two nineteenth-century women writers. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1830s, the author Anna Brownell Jameson was called from Britain to Canada to see her husband. Before she returned back home, she embarked on a trip around the Great Lakes to gather material for a book on the \"plight of the Indian woman.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a remarkable interaction on Mackinac Island, where the current-day lower peninsula of Michigan meets the upper peninsula, she met Jane Johnston Schoolcraft--an Ojibwe American poet and translator married to the geologist Henry Schoolcraft, who was working as an Indian agent for the United States government. The two women talked extensively, bonding over their interests and plights, and sharing private demons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter their meeting, Anna continued to gain recognition for her writing and become a larger part of the literary scene in Britain and the Continent, entangling herself in the affairs of the likes of Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, Ottilie von Goethe, Lady Byron, and Ada Lovelace. Jane became sicker and less able to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Andrew Wittkop's sensitive, subtle retelling, complete with Anna's sketches and other historical images, the nuances of the relationship between the two women reveal much about the complicated nature of connection and disconnection and Anna's blindnesses and missed opportunities. This inventive debut opens a window on two under-remembered writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Wittkop\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Minnesota writer, educator, and natural scientist. His award-winning research has appeared in forms ranging from maps to studies published in international journals. Literary Voyagers is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.02 x 5.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49985756889243,"sku":"9781540270290","price":22.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/Y4OZ4fDN1o9781540270290.webp?v=1793307429","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/literary-voyagers-paperback","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}