Estwick Evans (w302)
A pedestrious tour of four thousand miles (collections.library.yale.edu)

Estwick Evans (w302)

  • Description: Estwick Evans, a lawyer and adventurer from New Hampshire, is remembered for his extraordinary 4'000‑mile walking journey undertaken in 1818. He set out from Concord, trekked across New England, the Midwest, and the Great Lakes region, often sleeping outdoors and living in close contact with nature and the people he met. His book A Pedestrious Tour of Four Thousand Miles (1819) records not just his route and hardships but also philosophical, social, and environmental reflections
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1787–1866
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94640858
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Evans, Estwick, A Pedestrious Tour of Four Thousand Miles, through the Western States and Territories, Concord, 1819.

Desideravo acquisire la semplicità, i sentimenti puri e le virtù della vita selvaggia, spogliarmi delle abitudini artificiali, dei pregiudizi e delle imperfezioni del mondo civilizzato; [...] e trovare, nella solitudine e nella grandiosità del selvaggio ovest, vedute più corrette della natura umana e dei veri interessi dell'uomo. La stagione delle nevi andava preferita, perché potessi sperimentare il piacere della sofferenza e la novità del pericolo.

Estwick Evans, A pedestrian tour, of four thousand miles, through the western states and territoires, during the winter and spring of 1818, p. 207 Citato in Krakauer, Jon. Nelle terre estreme. 25a ed. Milano: Corbaccio, 2013.

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