Free Air

by Sinclair Lewis

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646795932
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	01/01/1919
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American author and playwright. As a child, Lewis struggled to fit in with both his peers and family. He was much more sensitive and introspective than his brothers, so he had a difficult time connecting to his father. Lewis’ troubling childhood was one of the reasons he was drawn to religion, though he would struggle with it throughout most of his young adult life, until he became an atheist. Known for his critical views of American capitalism and materialism, Lewis was often praised for his authenticity as a writer. With over twenty novels, four plays, and around seventy short stories, Lewis was a very prolific author. In 1930, Sinclair Lewis became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, setting an inspiring precedent for future American writers.

Table of Contents

I. Miss Boltwood of Brooklyn is Lost in the Mud
II. Claire Escapes from Respectability
III. A Young Man in a Raincoat
IV. A Room Without
V. Release Brakes—Shift to Third
VI. The Land of Billowong Clouds
VII. The Great American Frying Pan
VIII. The Discovery of Canned Shrimps and Hesperides
IX. The Man with Agate Eyes
X. The Curious Incident of the Great Highway
XI. Sagebrush Tourists of the Great Highway
XII. The Wonders of Nature with all Modern Improvements
XIII. Adventurers by Firelight
XIV. The Beast of the Corral
XV. The Black Day of the Voyage
XVI. The Spectacles of Authority
XVII. The Vagabond in Greens
XVIII. The Fallacy of Romance
XIX. The Night of Endless Pines
XX. The Free Woman
XXI. The Mine of Lost Souls
XXII. Across the Roof of the World
XXIII. The Grail in a Back Yard in Yakima
XXIV. Her Own People
XXV. The Abyssinian Prince
XXVI. A Class in Engineering and Omelets
XXVII. The Viciousness of Nice Things
XXVIII. The Morning Coat of Mr. Hudson B. Riggs
XXIX.The Enemy Love
XXX. The Virtuous Plotters
XXXI. The Kitchen Intimate
XXXII. The Cornfield Aristocrat
XXXIII. Tooth-Mug-Tea
XXXIV. The Beginning of a Story

Editorial Reviews

Travel from Minnesota to Seattle brings an upper-class family down to earth in this early effort from Lewis. (June)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

[Lewis] really seems to catch the sweep and exhilaration of the great open country over which his characters wind their way.”

New Republic

An American story in every page…Amusing, interesting, alive to its final period.”

New York Times