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A Ride Across America
A 4,000-Mile Adventure Through the Small Towns and Big Issues of the USA
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Parker magnificently chronicles the America he encounters, a divided, disfranchised collection of states he fears for but comes to love for their generosity, community spirit and sense of hope — Ben East, Observer Frustrated by the shallow headlines focusing only on Trump, borders and division, award-winning...
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A Ride Across America
Compelling, funny and highly topical account of a bike ride through the heartlands of America, in the company of its endlessly surprising citizens
The fascinating and funny tale of one man cycling coast to coast through the fractured states of America
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Parker magnificently chronicles the America he encounters, a divided, disfranchised collection of states he fears for but comes to love for their generosity, community spirit and sense of hope — Ben East, Observer
Frustrated by the shallow headlines focusing only on Trump, borders and division, award-winning travel writer Simon Parker decided that to better understand today's USA, he would have to travel across it, slowly.
Did the America of his teenage dreams really exist? And was it really as fractured as the headlines suggest? On his journey to find out, Simon cycled 4,373 miles through eleven states and numerous extreme weather events, via mountains and prairie lands, forests and freeways.
Along the way he visited homes, schools, churches and rodeos, meeting hundreds of (extra)ordinary Americans behind the clickbait news posts to discover a nation whose portrayal has become vastly oversimplified.
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ISBN: 9781914613876
Publisher: Duckworth Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 June 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Duckworth
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Simon Parker is a British travel writer, author, filmmaker, public speaker and broadcast journalist, working across a wide range of themes and subjects. He has reported on stories as diverse as 'migrant crisis' in Greece and social inequality in the barrios of Northern Colombia. He's paraglided solo through the Andes and driven a rickshaw the length of India. His first book, Riding Out, was published in 2022. All his travels and adventures are shared with his followers on social media: @simonwiparker or learn more from www.simonwparker.co.uk
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