Abroad at Home: American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street

Abroad at Home: American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street

The Author takes this opportunity to thank the old friends, and the new ones, who assisted him in so many ways, upon his travels. Especially, he makes his affectionate acknowledgment to his wise and kindly companion, the Illustrator, whose admirable drawings are far from being his only contribution to this volume. "What, you are stepping westward?""Yea." 'Twould be a wildish destiny, If we, who thus together roam In a strange Land, and far from home, Were in this place the guests of Chance: Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter he had none, With such a sky to lead him on? Wordsworth. For some time I have desired to travel over the United Statesto ramble and observe and seek adventure here, at home, not as a tourist with a short vacation and a round-trip ticket, but as a kind of privateer with a roving commission. The more I have contemplated the possibility the more it has engaged me. For we Americans, though we are the most restless race in the world, with the possible exception of the Bedouins, almost never permit ourselves to travel, either at home or abroad, as the "guests of Chance." We always go from one place to another with a definite purpose. We[ 4] never amble. On the boat, going to Europe, we talk of leisurely trips away from the "beaten track," but we never take them. After we land we rush about obsessed by "sights," seeing with the eyes of guides and thinking the "canned" thoughts of guidebooks. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 35965
Author: Street, Julian
Release Date: Apr 25, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Morgan, Wallace, 1875-1948