Tramping With a Poet in the Rockies by Stephen Graham and Vachel Lindsay

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67960.html.images 353 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67960.epub3.images 1.6 MB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67960.epub.images 1.6 MB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67960.epub.noimages 397 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67960.kf8.images 2.2 MB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67960.kindle.images 2.0 MB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67960.txt.utf-8 291 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67960/pg67960-h.zip 2.8 MB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Graham, Stephen, 1884-1975
Author Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931
Illustrator Hill, Vernon, 1887-1972
Title Tramping With a Poet in the Rockies
Original Publication United States: D. Appleton-Century Company,1922.
Note "Vachel Lindsay is the poet."--Preface
Credits D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by University of California libraries)
Summary "Tramping With a Poet in the Rockies" by Stephen Graham is a travel memoir written in the early 20th century. It chronicles the author's experiences tramping through the Rocky Mountains alongside the poet Vachel Lindsay. The book explores themes of nature, creativity, and the pursuit of spiritual rejuvenation through the wilderness. The opening of the memoir sets the scene for a journey of personal exploration and adventure in the great outdoors. It begins with Graham expressing his delight at escaping the confines of urban life and returning to nature. He describes his anticipation of finding Lindsay in Springfield, Illinois, and the two men's plans to tramp through the Rockies. Lindsay is depicted as a passionate and somewhat eccentric figure, eager to engage with both the beauty of the land and the underlying ideas of regeneration and creativity, reflecting their shared desire to shake off the trappings of civilization and reconnect with the essence of life found in the wilderness. As they prepare for their journey, the promising dynamic between the author and the poet foreshadows a rich exploration of both the physical landscape and the landscapes of thought and inspiration they will encounter along the way. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class F721: United States local history: Rocky Mountains. Yellowstone National Park
Subject West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Subject Rocky Mountains -- Description and travel
Subject Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931
Category Text
EBook-No. 67960
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 53 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!