Riding with Strangers: A Hitchhiker's Journey - Hardcover

Wald, Elijah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1556526059 ISBN 13: 9781556526053

Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 2006

Synopsis

This fascinating tale of the author's cross-country hitchhiking journey is a captivating look into the pleasures and challenges of the open road. As the miles roll by he meets businessmen, missionaries, conspiracy theorists, and truck drivers from all ages and ethnicities who are eager to open their car doors to a wandering stranger. This memoir uncovers the hidden reality that the United States remains hospitable, quirky, and as ready as ever to offer help to a curious traveler. Demonstrating how hitchhiking can be the ultimate in adventure travel—a thrilling exploration of both people and scenery—this guide also serves as a hitchhiker's reference, sharing the history behind this communal form of travel while touching on roadside lore and philosophy.

About this title

About the Author:

\Elijah Wald has published six books, both alone and with various cowriters, including Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues; Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas; and River of Song: A Musical Journey Along the Mississippi.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1556526059
• ISBN 13: 9781556526053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228