Obenzinger, writer of “American Palestine” states that the writers who travelled to the Holy Land and who were engaged with the Holy Land Mania of the early 19th century were travelers, explorers, adventurers, pilgrims and tourists. These authors usually only stayed briefly in Palestine, mostly observing the natives of Palestine and their unusual traditions, visiting shrines, and “reading sacred geography” with the Bible close at hand. (Obenzinger 56). Further, Obenzinger characterizes several remarks by the American writers on the resident’s financial circumstances, indigenous culture, and…