Uneasy Rider - The Interstate Way of Knowledge (Paperback, 1st Vintage Departures ed)

"Engagingly curious open-mindedness . . . an amiable deadpan worthy of Richard Ford." --Pico Iyer, Time
in this offbeat and original road book, cultural observer Mike Bryan takes issue with the traditional idea that the "real" America is to be found somewhere on our scenic backroads. He argues instead that it is right out in the open on the interstates, and he travels the big highways of the Southwest to prove the point.
Bryan engages motel operators, state troopers, and traveling salesmen. He discovers the world's only "No Smoking" ranch; hobnobs with elusive novelist Cormac McCarthy; spars with Bob Sundown, who prefers his covered wagon to any car. Between encounters he contemplates everything from America's pioneering spirit to its history of road building. In the end, he discovers that the interstates, far from producing the homogenous society he feared, nourish a rich community of eccentrics. And that ultimately, as this deeply romantic travelogue shows, there is no such thing as an "ordinary American."
"A wonderful writer, he manages to transmit his enjoyment of the places and people he encounters." --Austin American-Statesman

General

Imprint:	Random House USA Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage Departures
Release date:	September 1998
First published:	September 1998
Authors:	Mike Bryan
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	364
Edition:	1st Vintage Departures ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-74265-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > History > American history > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General Promotions
LSN:	0-679-74265-4
Barcode:	9780679742654

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