Riding with Strangers

A Hitchhiker's Journey

Elijah Wald (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

2006
Chicago Review Press (Verlag)
978-1-55652-605-3 (ISBN)

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Tells a tale of the author's cross-country hitchhiking journey. This memoir looks into the pleasures and challenges of the open road. It uncovers the hidden reality that the United States remains hospitable, quirky, and as ready as ever to offer help to a curious traveller.

This fascinating tale of the author's cross-country hitchhiking journey is a captivating look into the pleasures and challenges of the open road. As the miles roll by he meets businessmen, missionaries, conspiracy theorists, and truck drivers from all ages and ethnicities who are eager to open their car doors to a wandering stranger. This memoir uncovers the hidden reality that the United States remains hospitable, quirky, and as ready as ever to offer help to a curious traveller. Demonstrating how hitchhiking can be the ultimate in adventure travel - a thrilling exploration of both people and scenery - this guide also serves as a hitchhiker's reference, sharing the history behind this communal form of travel while touching on roadside lore and philosophy.

Verlagsort	Chicago
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
ISBN-10	1-55652-605-9 / 1556526059
ISBN-13	978-1-55652-605-3 / 9781556526053
Zustand	Neuware