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Biking Across America: My Coast-to-Coast Adventure and the People I Met Along the Way
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Overview
After Paul Stutzman finished hiking the Appalachian Trail, he found himself longing for another challenge, another adventure. Trading his hiking boots for a bicycle, Paul set off to discover more of America. Starting at Neah Bay, Washington, and ending at Key West, Florida, Paul traversed the 5,000-mile distance between the two farthest points in the contiguous United States. Along the way he encountered nearly every kind of terrain and weather the country had to offeras well as hundreds of fascinating people whose stories readers will love. Through cold and heat, loneliness and exhaustion, abundance and kindness, Paul pedaled on. His rewardand the readers'is a glimpse of a noble yet humble America that still exists and inspires.Anyone who longs for adventure, who loves travel and stories of travel, and who loves this place called America will enjoy this book.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780800721787 |
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Publisher: | Baker Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 05/15/2013 |
Pages: | 222 |
Sales rank: | 311,766 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
Paul Stutzman is the author of Hiking Through. A former restaurant manager who left his career after his wife's death from breast cancer, Paul hiked the Appalachian Trail in search of peace, healing, and freedom. He continues to seek out adventure in new ways every day. When he is not hiking or on a cross-country bike ride he makes his home in Berlin, Ohio. Find out more at www.paulstutzman.com.
Table of Contents
1 A New Story 9
2 Five Thousand Miles of Unknowns 17
3 The Road Chosen 27
4 The Emerald Triangle 39
5 Danny 49
6 Caples Lake Caper 59
7 Middlegate Station 73
8 The Peace Train 89
9 Long Night in Utah 101
10 Colorful Colorado 119
11 Heroes and Friends 129
12 Choices on the Road toward Home 143
13 Biking the Bible Belt 159
14 Kudzu, Cotton Fields, and Canines 175
15 Front Porches and Diners 191
16 One Way 201
17 It's about Time 211
Acknowledgments 221
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