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02139aam a22003014i 4500 001 90EC4552FC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240417010124 008 230528s2018 xx |||| |||| ||eng d 020 $a 9780359028665 020 $a 0359028667 040 $a TLC $c TLC $d TLC $e rda $d SILO 041 $a eng 100 1 $a Lummis, Charles F. $0 (local)tmpaut2294153668878600 245 12 $a A Tramp Across the Continent: An Adventurer, Journalist and Activist for Native American Rights and Nature's Preservation Journeys Across North Amer / $c Author Lummis, Charles F. 264 1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b Adansonia Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 102 pages $c 9.00 inches, 6.00 inches, 0.24 inches 500 $a Paperback 500 $a Quality or Trade Paperback 500 $a History - General History 500 $a World - General 500 $a General 500 $a General 520 $a Charles F. Lummis tells of an America long departed, when the western and southern frontiers were wilderness, nature untrammeled and settlers rugged in the face of unforgiving conditions. Written as a retrospective of the adventurer's youth, A Tramp Across the Continent, through its varied events and encounters, transports the reader to an era lost to time. The tale begins in 1884, when the author - disgruntled and unhappy with the tedium of everyday life - sets off from Ohio with the intention of reaching California on foot. His trek, spanning some 3,500 miles and 144 days, is filled with joy, pain and lessons aplenty. The author traverses several of North America's most distinctive landscapes; the bare Midwestern plains, the rugged Rocky Mountains, the deserts of Arizona, and finally the valleys and hills of California. It is the people however which make the journey of Lummis so unique; he is accosted by outlaws multiple times, but evades robbery with a combination of bravado and his trusty revolver.--Amazon. 526 0 $a Lexile by Metametrics $c 1280 941 $a 1 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020425.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=90EC4552FC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search