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A Tramp Across the Continent

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Adventurous author, pioneering reporter, workaholic newspaper editor, passionate Indian rights activist, librarien, poet, anthropologist and archeologist, Charles Fletcher Lummis was a great colorful individualist who explored and popularized the American Southwest.

In 1884, with a job offer to become City Editor of the Los angeles Times, Lummis determined to walk to his new job from Ohio, covering over 3,500 miles through 8 states and territories. He witnessed and documented the end of the old American West and the beginnings of the modern age which picked new winners and new losers. Travel with him and hear in his own words this extraordinary adventure.

The Listen2Read American Adventure Library is a series of historic first person accounts of extraordinary adventures by Americans or by visitors to America. The entire series can be previewed at Listen2Read.com

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      In 1884 and 1885, the author walked from Cincinnati to Los Angeles by himself. Lummis's firsthand account is unrelentingly lighthearted. At the same time, his journey is regularly punctuated by near-death experiences and extraordinary feats of endurance. Lummis devotes the bulk of his narrative to his tour across the Southwest from southern Colorado to the Arizona border. He's a great fan of both Latino and Pueblo Indian cultures, and his account of the pueblos of New Mexico at Christmastime is priceless. Andre Stojka's narration is clear and as upbeat as Loomis's text. His pronunciation of Western place names is excellent. F.C. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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  • Lexile® Measure:1280
  • Text Difficulty:10-12

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