Free Air

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"An American story in every page. . . . amusing, interesting, alive to its final period."-New York Times. "[Lewis] really seems to catch the sweep and exhilaration of the great open country over which his characters wind their way."-New Republic. Taking the reader by automobile in search of America, Free Air heads toward a West that was brimming with possibilities for suddenly mobile Americans at the end of a world war.
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Overview

"An American story in every page. . . . amusing, interesting, alive to its final period."-New York Times. "[Lewis] really seems to catch the sweep and exhilaration of the great open country over which his characters wind their way."-New Republic. Taking the reader by automobile in search of America, Free Air heads toward a West that was brimming with possibilities for suddenly mobile Americans at the end of a world war.
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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Travel from Minnesota to Seattle brings an upper-class family down to earth in this early effort from Lewis. (June)
New York Times
"An American story in every page. . . . amusing, interesting, alive to its final period."—New York Times
New Republic
"[Lewis] really seems to catch the sweep and exhilaration of the great open country over which his characters wind their way."—New Republic
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781417909544
  • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 5/28/2005
  • Pages: 376
  • Product dimensions: 0.84 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

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A professor of English and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Mexico, Robert E. Fleming is the author of James Weldon Johnson.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 22, 2005

    amusing foretaste of sinclair lewis's ten greatest years

    FREE AIR (1919) puts period to Sinclair Lewis's apprentice years as a writer turning magazine stories into short novels.*** FREE AIR lays out themes that will recur during the 20s in books like MAIN STREET and ARROWSMITH, e.g., chivalrous plodding male meets ditzy, idealistic good-hearted girl. Their temptation to dally and to play crosses their ambition to work and achieve. *** Travel ever westward purifies the spirit. *** The tale is set in early months of World War One, before America's entry. Miss CLAIR BOLTWOOD of the fashionable Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, drives a heavy Gomez-Dep roadster towards a visit with cousins in Seattlein order to relax her widowed father's overworked nervous system. For small-town Minnesota mechanic MILTON DAGGETT who rescues Claire and the Gomez-Dep from a mudhole, it is love at first sight. It is the apostles throwing down their fishing nets to follow Jesus. It is Don Quixote setting out on his quest. *** Will Claire turn Milt(on) into a man of manners, persuade him to get a university degree? Or should she renounce the comforts of society and join Milt in a simple life in the great outdoors? Can Milt overcome his dislike of Claire's class and her friends and relatives who poke fun at his rustic behavior? Imagine Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn in a light-hearted romp over wretched early 20th century roads through the glorious west. The reader will enjoy few guffaws, no tears, but a recurring rumble of chuckles. *** In later novels Sinclair Lewis will pile on seemingly unending descriptions of Rotarians and others in mesmerizing comic phrases. A hint of this technique occurs in FREE AIR's Chapter twenty in his four rhythmic stanzas celebrating the names of the towns of Washington State, beginning:*** Humptulips, Tum Tum, Moclips, Yelm/ Satsop, Bucoda, Omak, Enumclaw/... *** The novel FREE AIR (a sign frequently seen at filling stations during the trek) is a hoot. Nothing heavy or demanding in it. Just great clean fun. -OOO-

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  • Posted September 9, 2010

    Delightful!

    Intriguing descriptions of a woman driving a car across the country in the early part of the 20th century. It was truly an athletic endeavor that required physical strength and technical knowledge. We take so much for granted today with power steering, power brakes, even windows!

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 1, 2012

    charming

    This was a lovely taste of Sinclair Lewis at an early stage in his writing!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 18, 2012

    Thth

    I jut like putting post up

    2 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 20, 2012

    Horible Bad

    This book is the worst book ever

    1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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