Free Air is a 1919 novel written by Sinclair Lewis. A silent film adaptation of the novel was also released on April 30, 1922. The film starred Tom Douglas as Milt Daggett and Marjorie Seaman as Claire Boltwood. "This cheerful little road novel, published in 1919, is about Claire Boltwood, who, in the early days of the 20th century, travels by automobile from New York City to the Pacific Northwest, where she falls in love with a nice, downtoearth young man and gives up her snobbish Estate." (From the Book Stub)From a critical perspective, Free Air is consistent with Sinclair Lewiss lean towards egalitarian politics, which he displays in his other works (most notably in It Cant Happen Here). Examples of his politics in Free Air are found in Lewiss emphasis on the heroic role played by the books protagonist, Milt Dagget, a working class everyman type. Conversely, Lewis presents nearly every upperclass character in Claire Boltwoods world (including her railroadmogul father) as snobby elitists. The story also champions the democratic nature of the automobile versus the more aristocratic railroad travel. Lewiss emphasis on the freedom which automobiles would eventually give the working and middle classes bolsters the egalitarian, democratic aesthetic. Free Air is one of the first novels about the road trip, a subject around which the Beats (most notably Jack Kerouac) would build a cult following in the mid20th century.Composer Ferde Grofe used the novel as the basis for the...

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