Tenting To-night

Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.6

Word count: 189K words
Chapters: 19

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Tenting To-night by Mary Roberts RinehartAuthor: Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958,Language: English, Class: F721: United States local history: Rocky Mountains. Yellowstone National Park, Release Date: Oct 5, 2006

Editor's review

This book is Mary Roberts Rinehart's travel writing on camping and spending the night under canvas, an early local record of the American Rocky Mountains and the Yellowstone area that combines literary quality with geographical observation. Writing about life in the open with a novelist's touch, the author offers both close description of natural scenery and humorous portraits of companions and camp routine, making for easy reading that still carries plenty of information. As a public-domain ebook, it serves as an introduction to early twentieth-century American Western travel fashions and camping culture, and as further reading for those interested in the history of Yellowstone and the Rockies. It is best read as a slice of its era: look at the scenery, and also at how people then understood "the wild" and "leisure." The book is not long, suited to reading in segments on a commute or before sleep; pairing it with a map or geographical background will make the experience fuller.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in early twentieth-century American Western travel and camping culture
General readers who enjoy nature essays and light travel writing
Students or enthusiasts of the local history of Yellowstone and the Rocky Mountains
Readers who want to encounter early women's travel writing through public-domain ebooks

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting systematic geography or a practical camping guide
Readers who prefer strongly plotted fiction and lack patience for travelogue pacing

Reading tips

Read the contents and opening first to grasp the route, then read chapter by chapter.
Keep a map of Yellowstone or the Rockies at hand and mark the places mentioned.
Compare the camping details with outdoor activities today and take brief reading notes.
If reading the English original, read a chapter through before looking up words to keep the flow.

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

FAQ

Is this book a novel or a travelogue?

From the available information, it is travel writing on camping and spending the night outdoors, cataloged under the local history of the American Rockies and Yellowstone; it is not fiction. Read it as a travelogue and period record written with a literary hand.

Can I understand it without background in American geography?

Yes. The book centers on travel observations and camp life, and place names do not hinder overall understanding. A simple map is helpful; look up places as you go and reading will be smoother.

How difficult is the English original?

The author was a popular early twentieth-century novelist, and the prose is mainly narrative and descriptive, not especially difficult overall. If your vocabulary is limited, try one chapter first, then decide whether to read it through with a dictionary.

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About the author

Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958 Author

Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958) was an American author known for her detective fiction and humorous sketches. The library holds 29 of her works, including The Circular Staircase, The Man in Lower Ten, A Poor Wise Man, The After House, Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions, Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front, Tenting To-night, and The Confession. Her detective novels often unfold through female narrators and build suspense from everyday details, creating tension without losing a sense of humor; they have influenced later mystery and detective writing. Public information is limited, so no biographical details are conjectured here, and readers may come to know her narrative style and themes through the works listed above.