author
S. A. (Simon Ansley) Ferrall
d. 1844
Best remembered for a vivid 1832 travel book, this nineteenth-century writer left a lively outsider’s portrait of the United States at a moment of rapid change. His work combines long-distance observation with the curiosity of a traveler trying to make sense of a young nation.
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A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
by S. A. (Simon Ansley) Ferrall
About the author
Simon Ansley Ferrall, usually published as S. A. Ferrall, was a nineteenth-century author who died in 1844. He is chiefly known for A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America, published in London in 1832.
That book follows an extended journey through the United States and helped secure his place as a travel writer. Modern library and catalog records consistently identify him as the author of that volume, and they also show that he wrote on legal and parliamentary questions, including The Question of Privilege Raised by the Decision in the Case of Stockdale v. Hansard.
Very little biographical detail appears to be readily confirmed from reliable public sources beyond his name, authorship, and death year. Even so, his surviving work remains interesting for readers who enjoy early travel writing and firsthand impressions of America in the 1830s.