Charles F. Lummis, A Tramp Across the Continent

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Charles F. Lummis's

A Tramp Across the Continent

is the story of the author's walk from Cleveland, Ohio, to Los Angeles, California, between September 1884 and February 1885. Originally published as a series of weekly columns in the Los Angeles

Daily Times

, the account was revised into book form in 1891-1892 while the author recovered from a serious illness.

While the book covers the entire walk, most of its pages are devoted to southern Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Lummis conveys to his audience his own sense of wonder at encountering for the first time the wonders of the American Southwest--prehistoric Indian ruins, contemporary Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and the flora, fauna, and spectacular landscape of a region that was little known to readers of

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Citation: Fleming, Robert E.. "A Tramp Across the Continent". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 January 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=6929, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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