Free Air Chapter 8 - The Discovery of Canned Shrimp and Hesperides

In which a young mechanic, newly freed from his workshop drudgery, embraces the open road with wide-eyed enthusiasm, absorbing the mannerisms and refinements of travelling men and newly discovered literature while shadowing a spirited young woman ahead. His romantic hopes and insecurities mingle with poetic musings beneath the vast prairie skies, as he camps in haunted farms and navigates the bittersweet pangs of admiration and solitude on his adventurous journey.