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This classic text by David Grayson features the cheerful philosophizings of a young man who turns to nature and farm life to regain his health.

Ray Stannard Baker was an American journalist who used the pen name David Grayson. After law school he worked as a journalist in 1892 with the Chicago News-Record, where he covered the Pullman Strike and Coxey's Army in 1894. He wrote a nine-volume series of stories about rural... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson

Ray Stannard Baker (April 17, 1870 in Lansing, Michigan - July 12, 1946 in Amherst, Massachusetts)(also known by his pen name David Grayson) was an American journalist, historian, biographer, and author.ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENTI. "THE BURDEN OF THE VALLEY OF VISION"I came here... Read Full Overview

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The cheerful philosophizings of a young man who turns to nature and farm life to regain his health. Ray Stannard Baker (April 17, 1870 in Lansing, Michigan - July 12, 1946 in Amherst, Massachusetts)(also known by his pen name David Grayson) was an American journalist, historian,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946) was an American journalist and author. He launched his career as a journalist in 1892 with the Chicago News-Record, where he covered the Pullman Strike and Coxey's Army in 1893. In 1898, he joined the staff of McClure's, a pioneer muckraking magazine,... Read Full Overview

I came here eight years ago as the renter of this farm of which soon afterward I became the owner. The time before that I like to forget. The chief impression it left upon my memory now happily growing indistinct is of being hurried faster than I could well travel.