It should not be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated…

Wallace Stegner
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It should not be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led West. ✨ Wallace Earle Stegner (1987). The American West as Living Space, p.22, University of Michigan Press
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