TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beston,Henry
TI  - The Book of Gallant Vagabonds
AV  - CT 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Bruce, James, 1730-1794
KW  - Adventure and adventurers -- Biography
KW  - Ledyard, John, 1751-1789
KW  - Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823
KW  - Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881
KW  - Morton, Thomas, 1575-1646
KW  - Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891
N1  - Release date is 2021-10-03; John Ledyard -- Belzoni -- Edward John Trelawny -- Thomas Morton of Merry-Mount -- James Bruce -- Arthur Rimbaud; Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Book of Gallant Vagabonds" by Henry Beston is a collection of biographical essays written in the early 20th century. The book explores the adventurous lives of various wanderers and explorers who broke societal conventions in search of experiences and new frontiers. Beston presents these figures as "gallant vagabonds," capturing the spirit of curiosity and the adventurous pursuit of life that characterized their journeys.  The opening of the book introduces John Ledyard, an American explorer known for his audacious spirit and desire for adventure. Beston describes Ledyard's early life, including his imaginative tendencies and his journey to Dartmouth College, where he ultimately rebelled against conventional expectations. Instead of following a typical path, Ledyard took off on a dug-out canoe traveling down the Connecticut River, leading to a series of remarkable explorations that would define him as a significant figure in American exploration history. This initial chapter sets the tone for the tales of adventure that follow, emphasizing themes of curiosity, defiance against conventional life, and the quest for discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66460
ER  -