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This classic text by David Grayson features the cheerful philosophizings of a young man who turns to nature and farm life to regain his health.

Ray Stannard Baker was an American journalist who used the pen name David Grayson. After law school he worked as a journalist in 1892 with the Chicago News-Record, where he covered the Pullman Strike and Coxey's Army in 1894. He wrote a nine-volume series of stories about rural... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson

Ray Stannard Baker (April 17, 1870 in Lansing, Michigan - July 12, 1946 in Amherst, Massachusetts)(also known by his pen name David Grayson) was an American journalist, historian, biographer, and author.ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENTI. "THE BURDEN OF THE VALLEY OF VISION"I came here... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson

Ray Stannard Baker (April 17, 1870 - July 12, 1946), also known by his pen name David Grayson, was an American journalist and author born in Lansing, Michigan. After graduating from the State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), he attended law school at the... Read Full Overview

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Ray Stannard Baker (April 17, 1870 in Lansing, Michigan - July 12, 1946 in Amherst, Massachusetts)(also known by his pen name David Grayson) was an American journalist, historian, biographer, and author.Baker was born in Michigan. After graduating from the State Agricultural... Read Full Overview

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Adventures in Contentment is a classic work of American literature written by Ray Stannard Baker and first published in 1907. The book is a memoir of Baker's decision to leave his successful career as a journalist and move with his wife and young son to a small farm in rural... Read Full Overview