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Canterbury Pilgrimage / An Italian Pilgrimage
Pennell, Elizabeth Robins; Pennell, Joseph. Ed(S): Buchanan, Dave
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Description for Canterbury Pilgrimage / An Italian Pilgrimage
Paperback. American couple pioneered leisure cycle tourism in Europe via illustrated travel memoirs in the 1880s. Editor(s): Buchanan, Dave. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 200 pages, 69. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; 3JH; WSQ; WTLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
A peasant in peaked hat and blue shirt, with trousers rolled up high above his bare knees, crossed the road and silently examined the tricycle. “You have a good horse,” he then said; “it eats nothing.” —from An Italian Pilgrimage The 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth and her husband Joseph. As boneshakers and high-wheelers evolved into tandem tricycles and the safety bike, cycling grew from child’s play and extreme sport into a leisurely and, importantly, literary mode of transportation. The illustrated travel memoirs of “those Pennells” were—and still are—highly entertaining. They helped usher in ... Read more
A peasant in peaked hat and blue shirt, with trousers rolled up high above his bare knees, crossed the road and silently examined the tricycle. “You have a good horse,” he then said; “it eats nothing.” —from An Italian Pilgrimage The 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth and her husband Joseph. As boneshakers and high-wheelers evolved into tandem tricycles and the safety bike, cycling grew from child’s play and extreme sport into a leisurely and, importantly, literary mode of transportation. The illustrated travel memoirs of “those Pennells” were—and still are—highly entertaining. They helped usher in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Wayfarer
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9781772120424
SKU
V9781772120424
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Ref
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About Pennell, Elizabeth Robins; Pennell, Joseph. Ed(S): Buchanan, Dave
Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855–1936) and Joseph Pennell (1857–1926), a married couple from Philadelphia, collaborated on numerous books as writer and illustrator. Dave Buchanan teaches in the English Department at MacEwan University in Edmonton. His current research explores the first generation of cycle-travel literature from the 1880s and 1890s. He blogs about the semi-serious cycling life at dustymusette.blogspot.ca.
Reviews for Canterbury Pilgrimage / An Italian Pilgrimage
"In the airy, self deprecating style of Robert Louis Stevenson, an American couple captured the imaginations of UK and US readers through the five illustrated cycle-travel books they created beginning in the 1880s. Yes, bikes existed back then—they were all the rage, in fact—and Elizabeth and Joseph Pennell succeeded in bringing the leisure touring idea to the forefront through their ... Read more