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Mrs. James Edwin Morris

This early-1900s travel writer is known for a lively account of a journey down the Pacific Coast, illustrated with photographs taken along the way. Little biographical information appears to survive, which gives the work an added sense of historical mystery.

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A Pacific Coast Vacation

A Pacific Coast Vacation

by Mrs. James Edwin Morris

About the author

Published as Mrs. James Edwin Morris, she is credited as the author of A Pacific Coast Vacation (1901), a travel narrative that follows a trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The book was issued with photographs taken en route by James Edwin Morris, suggesting a close personal and creative partnership behind the project.

Reliable biographical details about her life are scarce in the sources readily available online. Even so, her surviving work offers a small but vivid window into turn-of-the-century travel writing, preserving observations of the American West in a personable, accessible style.