A Tramp Across The Continent

"[A] time-honored classic." - New Mexico Magazine In 1884, Charles Fletcher Lummis landed the job of City Editor of the Los Angeles Times. How would he get from his home in Ohio to his new job on the west coast of America? Without hesitation Lummis packed his bag and decided he would walk across the continent, covering over 3,500 miles and covering the breadth of eight states. Lummis' account of this journey should be essential reading for every person fascinating by travel as well as those who wish to have a unique insight into America in the late-nineteenth century. "Lummis walked from Ohio to California in 1884, and in the journal he published in 1892 he calls his saga 'the simple story of joy on legs.' In a vivid style he tells of losing his way in a blizzard, setting his own broken arm in the wilderness, and other rugged adventures." - American West "The true value of the book is in the glimpse of what it was like to come upon, talk and travel with a wide range of Westerners, for Lummis was a born reporter who, indeed, ended his three-thousand-mile tramp by walking into the Los Angeles Daily News and starting work as city editor." - English Westerners' Tally Sheet Charles Fletcher Lummis was a United States journalist, and an activist for Indian rights and historic preservation. An avid traveller, he continued to travel across the southwest when he eventually reached California and fell in love with the region. His book, A Tramp Across The Continent was first published in 1892 and Lummis passed away in 1928.