{"product_id":"a-ride-across-america-small-towns-big-issues-and-one-epic-adventure-hardcover","title":"A Ride Across America: Small Towns, Big Issues and One Epic Adventure - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the eve of the 2024 election, a fascinating - and\u003cbr\u003efrequently funny - tale of one man cycling the breadth of America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Finally, I emerged onto a sealed asphalt\u003cbr\u003ewalkway, with twigs in my hair and blood streaming down my legs. Feeling like\u003cbr\u003eDavid Livingstone without a machete, I had tamed the impenetrable woodlands of\u003cbr\u003eEastern Mississippi. Hurrah! But then my sense of adventure sobered suddenly, \u003cbr\u003ewhen a woman in yoga pants and flipflops wandered past, walking a Bichon\u003cbr\u003eFris?.'\u003c\/em\u003eFrustrated by the shallow headlines focusing only on Trump, \u003cbr\u003eguns and divisions, award-winning travel writer Simon Parker decided that to\u003cbr\u003ebetter understand the USA he would have to travel across it, slowly. Did the America of his teenage dreams really exist? And was\u003cbr\u003eit really as fractured as the headlines suggest? On his journey to find out, \u003cbr\u003eSimon cycled 4,373 miles through eleven states and numerous extreme weather\u003cbr\u003eevents, via mountains and prairie lands, forests and freeways. Along the way he\u003cbr\u003evisited homes, schools, churches and rodeos, meeting hundreds of\u003cbr\u003e(extra)ordinary Americans behind the clickbait news posts to discover a nation\u003cbr\u003ewhose portrayal has become vastly oversimplified.Praise for Simon Parker's previous book, \u003ci\u003eRiding Out\u003c\/i\u003e: 'A truly inspiring journey that celebrates the healing power\u003cbr\u003eof adventure. A must-read.' - \u003cb\u003eLevison Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Simon's cycle ride around his own country is a fine\u003cbr\u003edemonstration that adventure and transformation begins on your own doorstep.' -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlastair Humphreys\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Parker is a British travel writer, author, filmmaker, public speaker and broadcast journalist, working across a wide range of themes and subjects. He has reported on stories as diverse as 'migrant crisis' in Greece and social inequality in the barrios of Northern Colombia. He's paraglided solo through the Andes and driven a rickshaw the length of India. His first book, \u003cem\u003eRiding Out\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in April 2022 to great acclaim. All his travels and adventures are shared with his followers @simonwiparker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763373048096,"sku":"9781914613593","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0a6f4d5a08d3df126d920e6fab936664.webp?v=1780233617","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-ride-across-america-small-towns-big-issues-and-one-epic-adventure-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}