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Alice A. Parmelee Morris
A late-19th-century American travel writer, she is remembered for a lively account of Japan that blends curiosity, humor, and close observation. Her best-known book captures the tension between romantic expectations and the everyday reality she found on the ground.
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Dragons and Cherry Blossoms
by Alice A. Parmelee Morris
About the author
Alice A. Parmelee Morris was an American author, also listed in some records as Alice Augusta Parmelee Morris and Mrs. R. C. Morris. The surviving public record on her is fairly sparse, but available library and public-domain sources consistently connect her with travel writing.
She is best known for Dragons and Cherry Blossoms, originally published in 1896. In that book, she writes about Japan as an American visitor, mixing personal impressions with sketches of daily life, shopping, social occasions, and the meeting of Japanese and Western influences.
Her work now survives mainly through public-domain archives and reprints, which have helped keep this small but vivid travel narrative in circulation. A confirmed portrait was not readily available from the sources checked, so no profile image is included here.