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"[Paulsen's] anecdotes, by turns lyrical, moving and hilarious, reflect a rare clarity of mind and expression and are written in a stark, driving prose style . . . always leavened by a wry, often self-deprecating humor. . . . A book oddly magical from start to finish.-The Washington Post
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Nearing sixty, diagnosed with heart disease and feeling his mortality, Gary Paulsen buys his first Harley-Davidson and rides from his home in New Mexico to Alaska-and from the present into his past, through the landmarks of a singular life. Paulsen's journey is peopled with familiar faces, from the tough cop who saved him from juvenile delinquency to the prostitute whose career advice stopped him from quitting the army. And the work he does while on his bike-the work of mapping his life to find meaning-is of a piece with the pure sweat and muscle of youthful days spent on farms in Minnesota, or at the bottom of septic tank pits in Colorado, or wrangling dogsleds through the Alaskan wilderness. Amid the silence and beauty of running the road on his Harley, Paulsen celebrates the comforts of hard work, the thrill of challenge met bravely, and the peculiar joys of life lived to its fullest.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I threw my copy of this book on the fire last night. I decided that the heat was the only benefit it could give me. I was trying to read it for the second time, and as i started, the print format of leaving every other line blank on the pages, finally exasperated me into thinking , how can a humanist adventurer traveller like Paulsen allow his work to be presented like this? By doing so, we are cheated into thinking the book is twice as thick as it really is.
Then i thought about the content of the book, and it came clear. Yes, there is interest. Some anecdotes are memorable.
But the map of the U.S.A. inside the cover sums this work up for me. Paulsen did one journey in a huge country.
Then i thought about the content of the book, and it came clear. Yes, there is interest. Some anecdotes are memorable.
But the map of the U.S.A. inside the cover sums this work up for me. Paulsen did one journey in a huge country.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Reading the first page I had a feeling I had read this before, and I had. The book was previously entitled "Pilgrimage on a Silver Ride" The book is a good enough read and after a few years probably worth reading again, but why did the publishers rename it? Surely not...........
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I found this book interesting and at times quite funny. The details of the various stop overs such as little Big Horn etc made good reading and as I spend half of my year in New Mexico and have travelled quite a bit over in the States I could associate with the book quite well. Good read even though a little short.
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