Nine Days To Atlanta: A Seventeen Year Old's 860 Mile Trek Through The South

"Nine Days to Atlanta" is a story of adventure and discovery. It was a crazy idea that the protagonist had conceived at the end of his seventh grade of school when faced with the possibility of being held back due to poor grades. His plan was to run away from home and ride his bicycle to Atalanta, Georgia. Fortunately, he didn't have to execute the plan. However, over the following four years, he often wondered if he could have made it.

Now it's the summer of 1967 and the protagonist is seve...