Riding the Biscuit Highway - Wilson, James
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Ever dream of leaving behind the 9-5 grind and setting yourself a challenge to tell the grandkids? "Riding the Biscuit Highway " is the real life tale of three young men who did just that. Anthony,James and Martin set out from northern Alaska one summer on push bikes aiming to reach Tierra del Fuego, some 15,000 miles away.It would prove far tougher than they could ever imagine. After only a few thousand miles the physical and mental stress begins to take its toll.With sickness,injury,guns and the on-set of madness still to negotiate,will the mindblowing inescapable friction of each other and…mehr

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Ever dream of leaving behind the 9-5 grind and setting yourself a challenge to tell the grandkids? "Riding the Biscuit Highway " is the real life tale of three young men who did just that. Anthony,James and Martin set out from northern Alaska one summer on push bikes aiming to reach Tierra del Fuego, some 15,000 miles away.It would prove far tougher than they could ever imagine. After only a few thousand miles the physical and mental stress begins to take its toll.With sickness,injury,guns and the on-set of madness still to negotiate,will the mindblowing inescapable friction of each other and the never-ending white line be too much to handle or will they find the strength necessary to reach the southern most town in the world?
Autorenporträt
James Wilson is a London-based writer. His previous novels include The Dark Clue, The Bastard Boy, The Woman in the Picture, Consolation, and The Summer of Broken Stories. He has written BBC TV and radio documentaries, and is the author of a work of narrative non-fiction, The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America, published by Picador in Britain and by Grove/Atlantic in America, which won a Myers Outstanding Book Award.