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Hans Christian Andersen's American Dream
From: Scandinavian Review
Date: 20040401
Author:Frank, Jeffrey; Frank, Diana Crone
The great Danish storyteller had many friends and admirers in the United States yet never visited there. It seems he feared both the anticipated expense and the Atlantic crossing.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN WAS A CONSTANT, EVEN restless traveler; he went by coach to Constantinople, by ship to England, and became enormously fond of the trains that spread through Europe during his lifetime. But he never got to the United States, which was a pity, because he had friends in America, and what today would be described as a large fan base. Typical of the letters from America that we found in the Royal ...
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