Double Discovery

by Jessamyn West

Reviewing her personal journals and letters she had written to her parents fifty years ago, the author recalls her trips to England and Ireland and what travel taught her about herself

273 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Mary Jessamyn West was an American Quaker (originally from Indiana) who wrote numerous stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945).

Reviews

[Maura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of quaint. Author Jessamyn West took a trip to Europe by herself in 1929, leaving home and husband in order to attend summer session in Oxford. Drawing on her letters home and her journal from that time, she writes a memoir of her trip. Interesting view of what travel was like in that time.