Hiber-Nation 19 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.4 by Vachel Lindsay

05/11/2008 15 min
Hiber-Nation 19 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.4 by Vachel Lindsay

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Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity,
by Vachel Lindsay.
True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen
states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers,
reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you
suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s
& '70s?
Part 2.4, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes "Near Shickshinny, Parts 2 & 3"Music by Kevin MacLeod.