Charles F. Lummis, founder and editor of Land of Sunshine/Out West, has inspired a few books, including a Spur award-winning biography in 2002. He wrote works himself, such as his best-known A Tramp Across the Continent, about his 3,500-mile walk from Ohio to Los Angeles. “My pen is very little good without my legs,” he admitted. “I must run and see or I’ve got nothing to write about.” What is wonderful about this particular work (first published in 1955) is the depth to which Edwin


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