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479: 105:(1919), in which he considers the human cost at which an elite military unit is created (one whose unofficial ethos was that "a good soldier was one who would not take a prisoner".) The book's first sentence is: "The sterner the discipline the better the soldier, the better the army". The book explores the paradox that the ideals for which Britain was fighting could only be achieved by means that were frequently brutal. 498: 19: 63:- an experience which began a lifelong interest in Russia. Shortly after returning to Britain he gave up his job and returned to Russia to hike around the Caucasus and the Urals. Thereafter he supported himself by his journalism and his books. He also taught English in Moscow. 101:, as a private soldier rather than as an officer, because "to serve in the ranks is a unique opportunity to get to know the working man". He reached the Western Front in April 1918; and the following year published an account of his wartime experiences in 55:. Shortly after his birth his family moved to Cheltenham. At the age of fourteen Graham left school and worked in London as a clerk in the law courts and the civil service. He began to study Russian under Nicolai Lebedev, with whom he spent a holiday at 37:
with a group of Russian Christian pilgrims. Most of his works express his sympathy for the poor, for agricultural labourers and for tramps, and his distaste for industrialisation.
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This book gives some insight into his values, as well as a guide to living a simple, traveller's life during that period in his life. In 1964 he published his autobiography,
29:(19 March 1884 – 15 March 1975) was a British journalist, travel-writer, essayist and novelist. His best-known books recount his travels around pre-revolutionary 112:(1921). Graham later spent some time in the United States of America. He published accounts of immigrants in the States; and after becoming a friend of the poet 543: 74:. Not long after his arrival in Russia he met Rosa Savory, whom he married in Russia in 1909. He was twenty-five; she, forty years old. During the 434: 533: 528: 538: 446:
M. Hughes, 'Searching for the Soul of Russia: British Perceptions of Russia during the First World War', in
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Europe - Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921
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In 1921 Graham revisited the western battle-fields and published his observations in
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M. Hughes, 'The Visionary Goes West: Stephen Graham's American Odyssey', in
49:, the son of P. Anderson Graham, the essayist and editor of the periodical, 46: 34: 492: 356: 30: 488: 70:
commissioned Graham to write reports from Russia for his newspaper,
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Beyond holy Russia : the life and times of Stephen Graham
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Peter the Great: A Life of Peter I of Russia Called the Great
453:S. Graham, "The Gentle Art of Tramping." (1926) 97:Graham returned to Britain and enlisted in the 124:. In 1926 (later reprints occurred) he wrote, 294:Part of the wonderful scene: an autobiography 8: 429:, Cambridge : Open Book Publ., 2014, 375: 282:A Life of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia 166:With the Russian Pilgrims To Jerusalem 178:The Way of Martha and the Way of Mary 7: 362:He also wrote of his travels in the 306:Life and last Words of Wilfred Ewart 504:www.stephengrahamworldtraveller.com 443:; 14:2 (2010 June), p. 179-196 240:Tramping with a Poet in the Rockies 14: 448:Twentieth Century British History 120:(1922), which was illustrated by 544:20th-century British journalists 496: 480:Works by or about Stephen Graham 399:(London: Macmillan, 1919), 217. 386:(London: Macmillan, 1919), 212. 172:With Poor Immigrants to America 450:; 20:2 (2009), p. 198-226 348:Most of the titles taken from 1: 412:(London: Macmillan, 1919),1. 92:Through Russian Central Asia 78:Graham found himself in the 495:(public domain audiobooks) 458:Part of the Wonderful Scene 276:Ivan the Terrible of Russia 130:Part of the Wonderful Scene 126:The Gentle Art of Tramping. 560: 258:The Gentle Art of Tramping 142:A Vagabond in the Caucasus 66:In the early 20th century 441:Studies in Travel Writing 229:The Challenge of the Dead 110:The Challenge of the Dead 190:Through Russian Central 489:Works by Stephen Graham 471:Works by Stephen Graham 410:A Private in the Guards 397:A Private in the Guards 384:A Private in the Guards 342:One Of The Ten Thousand 217:A Private in the Guards 103:A Private in the Guards 534:Writers from Edinburgh 529:British travel writers 223:Children of the Slaves 23: 539:The Times journalists 300:In Quest of El Dorado 211:The Quest of the Face 21: 288:Summing Up on Russia 184:Russia and the World 118:Tramping with a Poet 88:Russia and the World 352:..... published by 205:Priest of the Ideal 148:Undiscovered Russia 86:and republished as 45:Graham was born in 33:and his journey to 246:Russia in Division 154:A Tramp's Sketches 24: 475:Project Gutenberg 435:978-1-78374-012-3 324:The Lay Confessor 551: 500: 499: 484:Internet Archive 425:Michael Hughes: 413: 408:Stephen Graham, 406: 400: 395:Stephen Graham, 393: 387: 382:Stephen Graham, 380: 68:Lord Northcliffe 559: 558: 554: 553: 552: 550: 549: 548: 509: 508: 497: 467: 422: 420:Further reading 417: 416: 407: 403: 394: 390: 381: 377: 372: 350:Peter the Great 318:Midsummer Music 264:New York Nights 160:Changing Russia 138: 80:Altai Mountains 76:First World War 43: 12: 11: 5: 557: 555: 547: 546: 541: 536: 531: 526: 521: 511: 510: 507: 506: 501: 486: 477: 466: 465:External links 463: 462: 461: 454: 451: 444: 437: 421: 418: 415: 414: 401: 388: 374: 373: 371: 368: 346: 345: 339: 333: 330:Everybody Pays 327: 321: 315: 309: 303: 297: 291: 285: 279: 273: 267: 261: 255: 249: 243: 237: 232: 226: 220: 214: 208: 202: 199:Russia in 1916 196: 187: 181: 175: 169: 163: 157: 151: 145: 137: 134: 114:Vachel Lindsay 42: 39: 27:Stephen Graham 22:Stephen Graham 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 556: 545: 542: 540: 537: 535: 532: 530: 527: 525: 522: 520: 517: 516: 514: 505: 502: 494: 490: 487: 485: 481: 478: 476: 472: 469: 468: 464: 459: 455: 452: 449: 445: 442: 438: 436: 432: 428: 424: 423: 419: 411: 405: 402: 398: 392: 389: 385: 379: 376: 369: 367: 365: 364:United States 360: 358: 355: 351: 343: 340: 337: 336:Boris Godunof 334: 331: 328: 325: 322: 319: 316: 313: 310: 307: 304: 301: 298: 295: 292: 289: 286: 283: 280: 277: 274: 271: 268: 265: 262: 259: 256: 253: 252:London Nights 250: 247: 244: 241: 238: 236: 233: 230: 227: 224: 221: 218: 215: 212: 209: 206: 203: 200: 197: 194: 193: 188: 185: 182: 179: 176: 173: 170: 167: 164: 161: 158: 155: 152: 149: 146: 143: 140: 139: 135: 133: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 106: 104: 100: 95: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 64: 62: 58: 54: 53: 48: 40: 38: 36: 32: 28: 20: 16: 457: 447: 440: 426: 409: 404: 396: 391: 383: 378: 361: 347: 341: 335: 329: 323: 317: 312:Under-London 311: 305: 299: 293: 287: 281: 275: 269: 263: 257: 251: 245: 239: 234: 228: 222: 216: 210: 204: 198: 189: 183: 177: 171: 165: 159: 153: 147: 141: 136:Bibliography 129: 125: 117: 109: 107: 102: 99:Scots Guards 96: 91: 87: 83: 71: 65: 52:Country Life 50: 44: 26: 25: 15: 524:1975 deaths 519:1884 births 456:S. Graham, 354:Ernest Benn 122:Vernon Hill 90:(1915) and 61:Sea of Azov 513:Categories 116:published 57:Lysychansk 370:Footnotes 359:in 1929. 84:The Times 72:The Times 59:near the 47:Edinburgh 41:Biography 35:Jerusalem 493:LibriVox 94:(1916). 482:at the 460:(1964) 433:  357:London 344:(1933) 338:(1933) 332:(1932) 326:(1929) 320:(1927) 314:(1923) 308:(1924) 302:(1923) 296:(1964) 290:(1951) 284:(1935) 278:(1932) 272:(1929) 266:(1927) 260:(1926) 254:(1925) 242:(1922) 231:(1921) 225:(1920) 219:(1919) 213:(1918) 207:(1917) 201:(1917) 195:(1916) 186:(1915) 180:(1915) 174:(1914) 168:(1913) 162:(1913) 156:(1912) 150:(1912) 144:(1911) 31:Russia 431:ISBN 192:Asia 491:at 473:at 515:: 366:. 132:.

Index


Russia
Jerusalem
Edinburgh
Country Life
Lysychansk
Sea of Azov
Lord Northcliffe
First World War
Altai Mountains
Scots Guards
Vachel Lindsay
Vernon Hill
Asia
Peter the Great
Ernest Benn
London
United States
ISBN
978-1-78374-012-3
Works by Stephen Graham
Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Stephen Graham
Internet Archive
Works by Stephen Graham
LibriVox
www.stephengrahamworldtraveller.com
Categories
1884 births
1975 deaths

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