| A Tramp Across the Continent Contributor(s): Lummis, Charles F. (Author), Fleming, Robert E. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0803279086 ISBN-13: 9780803279087 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1982 Annotation: When young Charles Lummis heard about a job in the small town of Los Angeles more than a century ago, he walked all the way to it--across the plains, up Pike's Peak, down Devil's Gorge, through the Grand Canyon, over the desert. It was, by conservative estimate, one of the grandest hikes in American history. With no reason to be modest, Lummis called his "unpretentious" account of it "the wayside notes of a happy vagabonding." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | United States - West - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 81016194 |
| Lexile Measure: 1280 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.16" W x 8.02" (0.73 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When young Charles Lummis heard about a job in the small town of Los Angeles more than a century ago, he walked all the way to it--across the plains, up Pike's Peak, down Devil's Gorge, through the Grand Canyon, over the desert. It was, by conservative estimate, one of the grandest hikes in American history. With no reason to be modest, Lummis called his unpretentious account of it the wayside notes of a happy vagabonding. |