100 year old travel narrative...

kellyz

Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Frances Astorga to Santiago, 2010
Camino Frances SJPP to Muxia, 2011
Camino del Salvador, 2012
Camino Primitivo 2012
Camino Portuguese, Coastal, 2013

• Nov 18, 2014

• #1

Has anyone else here read Four Months Afoot in Spain by Harry Franck, 1911. I found it in my local used bookstore. It's not consciously a Camino narrative, and yet he describes his walk from Lugo to Oviedo and Oviedo to Leon, a backwards Camino del Salvaor and Primitivo! Quite an interesting little piece of old travel narrative. I could scan some pages if anyone is interested.
Kelly

 

Theatregal

Member

Donating Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Most recent: Fall 2023 Aragonés, Frances

• Nov 18, 2014

• #2

kellyz said:

Has anyone else here read Four Months Afoot in Spain by Harry Franck, 1911. I found it in my local used bookstore. It's not consciously a Camino narrative, and yet he describes his walk from Lugo to Oviedo and Oviedo to Leon, a backwards Camino del Salvaor and Primitivo! Quite an interesting little piece of old travel narrative. I could scan some pages if anyone is interested.
Kelly

Click to expand...

Sounds like you found a treasure in your bookstore Kelly! I'd be very interested in reading those pages.

 

D

Deleted member 3000

Guest

• Nov 18, 2014

• #3

Free on Kindle from Amazon (at least for Prime members). The 1911 edition was upgraded with photos in 1926. A reprint has been issued fairly recently, 2009 according to Amazon.com.

 

M

MichaelSG

Retired member

Time of past OR future Camino

Not enough

• Nov 18, 2014

• #4

The Kindle edition is free for non-Prime members too. Yeah. Thanks Kelly & Falcon.

 

kellyz

Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Frances Astorga to Santiago, 2010
Camino Frances SJPP to Muxia, 2011
Camino del Salvador, 2012
Camino Primitivo 2012
Camino Portuguese, Coastal, 2013

• Nov 18, 2014

• #5

Just reread those portions last night. He is certainly walking in the neighborhood of the Primitivo. He takes the train from Oviedo to Lugo.
What I most enjoyed was reading his brief descriptions of eating meals inside village homes in Galicia.
The old-school cultural stereotyping/condescension is prevalent. Of course.
If anyone buys it let me know.
I have the reprint, only a very few photos.

 

Theatregal

Member

Donating Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Most recent: Fall 2023 Aragonés, Frances

• Nov 18, 2014

• #6

I've just ordered the book. Thanks for this info Kelly. I'm intrigued. Looks like Harry Franck wrote a whole series of books about his travels.

 

kellyz

Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Frances Astorga to Santiago, 2010
Camino Frances SJPP to Muxia, 2011
Camino del Salvador, 2012
Camino Primitivo 2012
Camino Portuguese, Coastal, 2013

• Nov 19, 2014

• #7

I'm definitely going to check out his "Tramping through Mexico..."

 

John SBP

New Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Via Francigena

• Nov 20, 2014

• #8

What an incredible find

 

basquelady

Active Member

Time of past OR future Camino

CF (2013), CF Pamplona to V del Bierzo (2014), Baztanés, then CF (2016), CF Sahagun to SDC (2017)

• Nov 20, 2014

• #9

Available on the Gutenberg site, for those outside of free Kindle area.:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40357/40357-h/40357-h.html