Vagabond Song

Neo-Haibun from the Peregrine Journals

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American, Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Vagabond Song by Marc Beaudin, Elk River Books, LLP
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Marc Beaudin ISBN: 9780986304026
Publisher: Elk River Books, LLP Publication: September 15, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Marc Beaudin
ISBN: 9780986304026
Publisher: Elk River Books, LLP
Publication: September 15, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

“Not much is known about
Miscellaneous Jones
He walked a lot of roads
but always wiped the dust from his boots”

From a beer carton full of 15-years worth of rain-blurred and spine-broken journals come these tales of the road, trail and barstool. Setting out from a cabin outside of Grayling, Michigan, Beaudin casts his thumb into the waters of M-72, returning to the music of the open road.

From there he follows the song wherever it leads: the mountains of Colorado, the jungles and volcanoes of Central America, the woods and pubs of Britain and the stunning bleakness of the badlands and reservations of the western prairies.

His journeys are intertwined with glimpses into the life of Miscellaneous Jones, the legendary Ur-traveler. Inspired by Bashō’s haibun classics such as Narrow Road to the Deep North and Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton, these nine movements, with their accompanying interludes and caesurae, span over a decade of traveling the highways and byways of numerous countries both on and off the map. They are a search for a poetry of freedom and wilderness – in both the physical and psychic senses of those two words.

Through all the years and all the trips, the direction is the same: Beyond.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

“Not much is known about
Miscellaneous Jones
He walked a lot of roads
but always wiped the dust from his boots”

From a beer carton full of 15-years worth of rain-blurred and spine-broken journals come these tales of the road, trail and barstool. Setting out from a cabin outside of Grayling, Michigan, Beaudin casts his thumb into the waters of M-72, returning to the music of the open road.

From there he follows the song wherever it leads: the mountains of Colorado, the jungles and volcanoes of Central America, the woods and pubs of Britain and the stunning bleakness of the badlands and reservations of the western prairies.

His journeys are intertwined with glimpses into the life of Miscellaneous Jones, the legendary Ur-traveler. Inspired by Bashō’s haibun classics such as Narrow Road to the Deep North and Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton, these nine movements, with their accompanying interludes and caesurae, span over a decade of traveling the highways and byways of numerous countries both on and off the map. They are a search for a poetry of freedom and wilderness – in both the physical and psychic senses of those two words.

Through all the years and all the trips, the direction is the same: Beyond.

More books from Biography & Memoir

Cover of the book The Provocative Joan Robinson by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Strength through the Storm by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book A Simple Man by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book A Dutch Homesteader On The Prairies by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Feingold by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book The Taliban Shuffle by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Foreign Devil Girl in Hong Kong by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Oh Wretched Sinner by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Everyday Matters by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Father Knows Less by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Rock Diary: Lady Gaga by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Yıldırım Beyazid ve Timur by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Butterfly Lessons by Marc Beaudin
Cover of the book Trop forte ! by Marc Beaudin
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy