Tag Archives: Great Books

OVERLAND-A Mercedes-Benz Journey Through The Americas

14 Sep

Overland

Overland
OVERLAND-A Mercedes-Benz Journey Through The Americas

Product Description
Overland-A Mercedes-Benz Journey Through The Americas-is a journey, a year-long road trip from Colorado to Argentina and back covering 34,000 miles through 17 countries. On this incredible journey, the author and his vehicle are faced with military roadblocks, confusing border crossings, high altitude mountain passes and steamy jungles. Not only does OVERLAND describe the hardships, loneliness and daily challenges of being behind the wheel day after day, it also speaks of the wonderful people met on the road and the incredible beauty of the world we live in.

About the Author
A native of Detroit, Gari Stroh is a fifth-generation family member of the Stroh Brewery Company, founded by his great-great-grandfather in 1850. He received his BA in photography from Lewis and Clark College and is a graduate of the Diploma Course in Brewing Technology at the Siebel Institute. Gari has traveled overland through 50 countries by car or motorcycle. He lives near Vail, Colorado.

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Half-Safe Across the Atlantic By Jeep

14 Sep

half safe

half safe
Half-Safe Across the Atlantic By Jeep

This is a good read. I am surprised how the price has shot up, but worth a read if you can get your hands on a copy.

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Blue Highways: A Journey into America

14 Sep

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blue highways Blue Highways: A Journey into America

First published in 1982, William Least Heat-Moon’s account of his journey along the back roads of the United States (marked with the color blue on old highway maps) has become something of a classic. When he loses his job and his wife on the same cold February day, he is struck by inspiration: “A man who couldn’t make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Chuck routine. Live the real jeopardy of circumstance. It was a question of dignity.” Driving cross-country in a van named Ghost Dancing, Heat-Moon (the name the Sioux give to the moon of midsummer nights) meets up with all manner of folk, from a man in Grayville, Illinois, “whose cap told me what fertilizer he used” to Scott Chisholm, “a Canadian citizen … [who] had lived in this country longer than in Canada and liked the United States but wouldn’t admit it for fear of having to pay off bets he made years earlier when he first ‘came over’ that the U.S. is a place no Canadian could ever love.” Accompanied by his photographs, Heat-Moon’s literary portraits of ordinary Americans should not be merely read, but savored. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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