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What draws a traveler from Sweden’s long summer daylight into the deep cold of Lapland?
In Northern Travel, American poet and journalist Bayard Taylor journeys through Sweden, Denmark and Lapland. He brings a reporter’s curiosity to towns, landscapes, food and manners, gathering scenes of the far north in summer and winter. His eye stays alert to what makes each place feel distinct.
Sweden offers Stockholm, water, islands and long northern daylight. The winter journey toward Lapland takes Taylor away from town comforts and into deep cold. Denmark brings a gentler mood, with Copenhagen among its scenes. Through these changing places and seasons, his good humor makes him an inviting companion.
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- Sweden in summer Explore towns, water and islands through Taylor’s vivid impressions of the warm northern season.
- Cold beyond town comforts Follow the journey toward Lapland, where deep winter tests a curious traveler’s willingness to press on.
- A gentler Danish landscape Discover Denmark and Copenhagen as the mood shifts from northern snow and silence.
- A poet’s reporting eye Notice how Taylor turns weather, food and manners into concrete pictures of unfamiliar places.
- Room to wander Settle into an easy pace that gives landscapes and everyday observations space to hold your attention.
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- Sweden in summer shows a welcoming north
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- Denmark closes the circle
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Northern Travel
by Bayard Taylor · 1857
Bayard Taylor braves deep cold on a winter sledge journey toward Lapland to discover daily life in the far north.
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A poet travels as a reporter
Bayard Taylor made his name as a traveler who went light and wrote quickly. His first book, Views A-Foot, came from a walking tour of Europe when he was young. By the time of Northern Travel he was an experienced correspondent, and he wrote for American newspaper readers who wanted far places made real.
That background explains the book's voice. Taylor writes as a friendly guide rather than a scholar. He tells you what he saw on a given day, what he ate, whom he met and how the place compared with home. He is a poet too, so he pays attention to light, color and mood.
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What is Northern Travel by Bayard Taylor about?
It is a travel book describing the author's journey through Sweden, Denmark and Lapland. It gives scenes of towns, landscapes and people in summer and winter, written for readers who had never visited the far north.
When was Northern Travel written?
It was published in 1857, and it grew out of a journey Taylor made in the mid 1850s. It is a true account, based on his own travels and on letters written for American readers.
Who was Bayard Taylor?
Bayard Taylor was a nineteenth-century American poet, newspaper correspondent and translator. He wrote several popular travel books and translated Goethe's Faust into English. He died in 1878.
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Bayard Taylor
1825–1878 · American poet and travel writer
Bayard Taylor was an American poet, novelist, and travel writer. He was born in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, in 1825. He published Views Afoot in 1846 and Northern Travel in 1857. He lived in the United States and served as a diplomat in Germany, where he died in Berlin in 1878.
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