Haunted House by Peggy Parish

Haunted House by Peggy Parish

A peasant in peaked hat and blue shirt, with trousers rolled up high above his bare knees, crossed the road and silently examined the tricycle. You have a good horse, he then said; it eats nothing. -from An Italian Pilgrimage

The 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Pennell. As boneshakers and high-wheelers evolved into tandem tricycles and the safety bike, cycling grew from child's play and extreme sport into a leisurely and, importantly, literary mode of transportation. The illustrated travel memoirs of those Pennells were-and still are-highly entertaining. They helped usher in the new age of leisure touring, while playfully hearkening back to famous literary journeys. In this new edition, Dave Buchanan provides rich cultural contexts surrounding the Pennell's first two adventures. These long out-of-print travel memoirs will delight avid cyclists as well as scholars of travel literature, cycling history, women's writing, Victorian literature, and illustration.

Peggy Parish is a South Carolina native who grew up in Manning. She taught school in the Panhandle and coal-mining areas before going to New York City. Her first employment in New York City was with the Girl Scouts, and she is now a third-grade teacher at Manhattan's Dalton School. Miss Parish has written several other children's books, including the classic Let's Be Indians.