Download or read book Sardines in My Saddlebags written by Joe T. and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denali, Alaska, was on a friends bucket list for his sixty-fifth year, and the author came along for the ride. His son sealed the deal by gifting him an Arai helmet for the Alaska-or-Bust journey. So, with a pat on the back from his Mayo Clinic doctors and toting ninety days of Wellbutrin, Lamictal, and Latanaprost in the saddlebags of his very heavily laden 2011 Heritage Softail Harley Davidson, he motored off as the third wheel. The bust occurred in Dodge City due to incompatibility with time, but Joe continued and made the trip his own in a wild and wonderful way. This is the journal and adventure of a crazy 60 year old, riding his Harley and camping with only a Rand McNally road atlas and a go-pay phone - 77 days @ 17,520 miles.
Download or read book White Waters and Black written by Gordon MacCreagh and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In White Waters and Black Gordon MacCreagh, with a wicked eye for absurdities, recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages." A combination of Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad and a cautionary tale for explorers, this is one of the most honest accounts ever written of a scientific expedition."
Download or read book Adventure written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Days of 49 written by Gordon Young and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All My Fortunes written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic love story set in England and Russia in the 1930s as two people overcome unbelievable hardship to be together from bestselling author Katie Flynn ‘Take care of Eva.’ These words are all that remain of Pavel Fedorovna’s former life, though she can no longer remember who said them. All she knows is that they marked the end of life as she knew it - and a new beginning in the Russian Caucasus. Meanwhile on Deeside, young David Thomas's carefree existence is torn apart by a shipping tragedy which will colour his whole life. A decade later David, now an engineer and working in Russia, meets the young Pavel, just as she is emerging into womanhood. But Russia in the 1930s is no place for young lovers and the story of their struggle to be together is a powerful tale of emotion, adventure, unbelievable hardship and ultimate triumph.
Download or read book The Trailsman 304 written by Jon Sharpe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The valley of death just got worse… Skye Fargo is riding through Death Valley when he comes across two bullet-riddled men. One lives long enough to point Fargo towards a cabin where an ex-federal marshal and his family lay butchered. But a prospector and a lovely lady survived the massacre. Mad Dog Burton and his gang came to the cabin to avenge the hanging of his brother, who the late marshal apprehended. He knows there are witnesses to the slaughter, and he’s not going to stop until they’re dead. But the Trailsman is about to show Mad Dog a different view of Death Valley—from beyond the grave…
Download or read book Around Africa On My Bicycle written by Riaan Manser and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world first, almost incredibly, Riaan Manser rode a bicycle right around the continent of Africa. It took him two years, two months and fifteen days. He rode 36 500 kilometres through 34 different countries. In Around Africa on my Bicycle, Manser tells the story of this epic journey. It is a story of blood, sweat, toil and tears. It is a story of triumph and occassional disaster. Of nights out under the stars, of searing heat and rain, of endless miles of Africa and of pressing on and never surrendering whatever the odds. Mostly however it is the story of one man's courage and determination to escape the mundane and see the continent he loves and feels so much a part of. It is a story of the human warmth he encounters, and occasionally human wrath and hostility as he crosses troubled countries and borders.
Download or read book Herencia written by Nicolás Kanellos and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major anthology of Hispanic writing in the U.S., ranging from the early Spanish explorers to the present day.
Download or read book Four Years Beneath the Cresent written by Rafael de Nogales Méndez and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cervantes Don Quixote written by Anthony J. Close and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-05-31 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Close's study places Don Quixote in the context of Cervantes' life and literary career, and in the book's cultural and social background. It focuses primarily on the central problems of Cervantine comedy, the use of burlesque, the presentation of characters through dialogue, the narrator's viewpoint, the virtuoso play with registers, and the complex and elusive irony. Using detailed analysis of individual passages, Dr Close shows how the moral themes of the novel are distilled in its humour, and in the characters of Don Quixote and Sancho. He also gives particular attention to the impact of this landmark text on the development of the European novel.
Download or read book The Last Robbery at Cold Springs written by Merlin Hatcher and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1885, by age nineteen, psychopath Bobby Nicks has killed five people. Dismissed U.S. security agent, Jake Rance hires Nicks and former lawman, Rayme Noon, along with Kansas rancher, Jim Lucas for a robbery of federal certificates in Cold Springs, Colorado. After receiving a telegram, U.S. Marshal Talley pursues the robbers through Colorado and Kansas.
Download or read book Spacetime Bicycle the Grade written by Joseph Lloyd Boswell and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of how I freed myself... from myself. I found myself at the dawn of an adventure that superseded geographical miles. From the base of a mountain of truth there was no turning back. The story began as a desire to liberate myself from the bounds of society, but at every turn there seemed to be a mirror. The story, and the meta-story of its telling, evolved into a Transformative peace of non-fiction. I would never return the same. My journey through history and culture, my passage through nexuses of spirituality and science, my battle with apathy and aggression, brought me to the rocky and elusive middle path; and it all began with my first bicycle tour and the retelling of it. Join me in the unfolding experience that is Spacetime Bicycle: The Beginning
Download or read book The Old Man and the Harley written by John J. Newkirk and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ride with a father and his son on an amazing journey through America's past. In the summer of 1939, with the nation balanced between the Great Depression and the gathering winds of war, young Jack Newkirk set off on a rickety Harley to see both the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs. He had no way of knowing it was to e the autumn of his youth, and that his entire generation would soon be thrust into the most devastating conflict in history. Seven decades later, author John J. Newkirk retraces this epic ride with his father, Jack, in a silent hope the old soldier will still be proud of the America he fought for. Each mile brings discovery as the author learns of his namesake, the heroic Squadron Leader of the legendar Flying Tigers, and of his father's life on the road and in the jungles of the South Pacific during World War II. The result is quintessential Americana, a sweeping portrait of the grit, guts, ingenuity, and sacrifice that defined a nation, and a timely lesson from the Greatest Generation on how we can overcome our most pressing challenges and reclaim the American Dream.
Download or read book The Darien Jungle Shakedown Cruise written by C. Buck Weimer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling true life story of a young man's adventurous experience of riding a motorcycle from California to Panama. Once there, he decides to walk 200 miles through the nearly impenetrable Darien Jungle into Colombia, South America. Re-written 40 years years after the experience, the author gives a reflective view on youth, risk-taking, survival and growth.
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Download or read book Travels and Researches in Native North America 1882 1883 written by Herman Frederik Carel Kate and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important but little-known account of several southwestern tribes has heretofore been available only in the author's native Dutch. Ten Kate's studies of the Pima, Hopi, Apache, and Zuni people are especially noteworthy for their information on tribal cultures. He observed firsthand and sought out informants willing to elaborate on Indian games and sports and on social organization and myths of religious significance. He was particularly interested in the position of women and treatment of children and admired the natives' attitudes on these matters more than did other early anthropologists. His best material is from his extended stay at Zuni, where he and Frank Hamilton Cushing became lifelong friends. His observations on the impact of whites on Indian cultures constitute valuable documentation of the dilution of native life-styles. Although he is not as well known as contemporaries like Bandelier, Bourke, and Matthews, ten Kate's work remains influential in the field after more than 120 years.
Download or read book Campaigns of a Non Combatant and His Romaunt Abroad During the War written by George Alfred Townsend and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War', George Alfred Townsend offers a unique perspective on the American Civil War as a journalist and war correspondent. His memoir provides a vivid account of the battles, the politics, and the social atmosphere during one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. With his insightful commentary, Townsend takes the reader on a journey through the war-torn country, revealing the human stories behind the headlines. A must-read for anyone interested in the Civil War, journalism, or American history.
