Wednesday 22 March 2017 at 16:48
Some three decades before Kerouac and friends hit the road, Sinclair Lewis published Free Air, one of the very first novels about an automobile-powered road trip across the United States. Steven Michels looks at the particular vision of freedom espoused in the tale, one echoed throughout Lewis’ oeuvre.
Sinclair Lewis at the wheel of his automobile, ca. 1920s — Source.
Sinclair Lewis is experiencing a renaissance of late — butâ�¦
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/2017/03/22/american-freedom-sinclair-lewis-and-the-open-road/