Project Gutenberg 2020-08-18 Public domain in the USA. 317 Lynn, Ethel 1881 17015672 The Adventures of a Woman Hobo Account of the experience of the author and her husband in traveling by tandem bicycle and freight trains from Chicago to California. Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Adventures of a Woman Hobo" by Ethel Lynn is a semi-autobiographical novel written in the early 20th century. This narrative details the struggles of a young woman, Dr. Ethel Lynn, as she copes with financial hardship, health issues, and the societal constraints of her time her husband Dan. The story opens with Ethel's determination to return to California after receiving a tuberculosis diagnosis, setting the scene for a journey that intertwines themes of resilience, love, and the quest for freedom amidst adversity. The beginning of the novel introduces us to Ethel and her husband Dan as they face tumultuous circumstances in Chicago, following a series of personal and societal crises, including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the panic of 1907. Ethel, determined to escape the squalor of their life, proposes an adventurous plan to return to California on a tandem bicycle—aiming to seek work along the way. As they prepare for their extraordinary journey, readers are drawn into Ethel’s deep emotional landscape, her reflections on love and loss, and her fierce resolve to fight for a better life despite immense challenges. This sets the tone for a vivid exploration of their experiences and the myriad of characters they encounter, laying the groundwork for a compelling narrative about hope and survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en West (U.S.) -- Description and travel F590.3 Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 370952 2025-06-25T05:32:03.670285 text/html 349522 2024-10-18T05:17:21 text/html 468749 2025-06-25T05:32:09.782316 application/epub+zip 466249 2025-06-25T05:32:04.760345 application/epub+zip 235814 2025-06-25T05:32:04.225334 application/epub+zip 545329 2025-06-25T05:32:13.497286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 512655 2025-06-25T05:32:09.243308 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282846 2022-09-28T11:37:50.298496 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322483 2025-06-25T05:32:02.942334 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 302534 2024-10-18T05:17:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16158 2025-06-25T05:32:13.629243 application/rdf+xml 18784 2025-06-25T05:32:04.319315 image/jpeg 2304 2025-06-25T05:32:04.273328 image/jpeg 414573 2025-06-25T05:32:03.704357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog