The Gentle Art of Tramping: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 26 original MP3 tracks, 5:30:54 running time and a link to listen.
The Gentle Art of Tramping, credited to Stephen Graham, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Stephen Graham tramped extensively around pre-revolutionary Russia, and with immigrants as they landed on the East coast of America and spread West. This book, published in 1926, is his practical guide to this mode of touring/travel. It is also a philosophical account of our desire to connect with nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson style. A prolific writer, Graham describes his love of nature, and his dislike of industrialization. Encouraging people to take up 'tramping' for pleasure (as opposed to vagabonding or homelessness), Graham offers practical tips and insights into travelling safely, with as much ease as possible, that are still applicable today. He hoped that his simple but beautifully written guide would ignite a love for nature and seeing the world, even on a shoestring budget; entertain readers with his often humorous observations and tales; and encourage other tramps to keep journals and share their adventures. (Summary by Michele Fry)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Gentle Art of Tramping
- Author credits: Stephen Graham
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 26
- Combined MP3 track duration: 5:30:54
Catalogue topics
- camping
- campfire cooking
- travel gear
- outdoor safety
Opening tracks: first 24 of 26
- 01 - I. We Set Out — 6:40
- 02 - II. Boots — 8:48
- 03 - III. The Knapsack — 9:24
- 04 - IV. Clothes — 15:14
- 05 - V. Carrying Money — 7:03
- 06 - VI. The Companion — 11:03
- 07 - VII. Whither Away? — 40:34
- 08 - VIII. The Art of Idleness — 13:31
- 09 - IX. Emblems of Tramping — 11:16
- 10 - X. The Fire — 8:06
- 11 - XI. The Bed — 10:27
- 12 - XII. The Dip — 8:04
- 13 - XIII. Drying After Rain — 8:19
- 14 - XIV. Marching Songs — 8:23
- 15 - XV. Scrounging — 7:40
- 16 - XVI. Seeking Shelter — 11:41
- 17 - XVII. The Open — 7:33
- 18 - XVIII. The Tramp as Cook — 16:33
- 19 - XIX. Tobacco — 8:23
- 20 - XX. Books — 12:19
- 21 - XXI. Long Halts — 7:50
- 22 - XXII. Foreigners — 12:04
- 23 - XXIII. The Artist's Notebook — 33:45
- 24 - XXIV. Maps — 8:47
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