A review by fleetwood_whack
Letters from an American Farmer by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur

1.0

I would like to preface this review that I read this book for an American lit class and that the review may be tainted by the professor. While the symbolism in it is as thorough and deep as Farmer James’ furroughs- it isn’t exciting. Maybe it was the first of it’s kind, but at this point in American history I find that there are much more interesting narratives to read than one of a racist torrie farmer. It was propaganda for the time but is now outdated and we have real problems ( like actual nazis) and are too busy to listen to James drone on about his love of cultivation of land that isn’t his. Can you tell I didn’t like it?