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Lessons Aboard The Sultana
Professor Colin Dickson will do practically anything to put the wind in the sails of first-year students-even spending a beautiful fall afternoon on the Chester River. With his freshman seminar, "The American Essay 1992-2002," he encourages students to test the waters of creative non-fiction through various readings and their own attempts to write about themes and concerns such as self-identity, travel, nature, cultural criticism and public policy issues. In preparation for their third writing assignment, Dickson invited his students to think about a culture that preserves and reenacts its past. Then they walked through Chestertown and boarded the Sultana, a replica 18th-century schooner built and operated for educational purposes by members of the local community.
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