Wild Rides and Wildflowers: Philosophy and Botany with Bikes - Softcover

Abbott, Scott; Rushforth, Sam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1937226239 ISBN 13: 9781937226237

Publisher: Torrey House Press, 2014

Synopsis

"It's like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance meets Desert Solitaire in Utah County."
--SCOTT CARRIER

Two university professors set out to repeatedly bike the Great Western Trail, observing and writing about its variations with every season. The accounts of their adventures, however, refuse to be limited to flora and fauna. In Wild Rides and Wildflowers, Abbott and Rushforth share their deeply personal explorations of the male psyche, true friendship, biking, and botany.

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About the Author

SCOTT ABBOTT is the author of a book about Freemasonry and the German novel, and of two books about travel and literature (with Zarko Radakovic): Repetitions and Vampires and A Reasonable Dictionary. He was the jazz critic for the Salt Lake Observer and has translated several works by Austrian writer Peter Handke. He is professor of integrated studies, philosophy, and humanities at Utah Valley University.

SAM RUSHFORTH is former dean of the College of Science and Health at Utah Valley University. Under his watch, the university has grown to thirty-three thousand students. He studies aquatic botany and wetland ecology and has published more than one hundred papers and books. He has mentored nearly forty graduate students, who are now working all over the world. He lives in Orem, Utah.

Edition details

• Publisher: Torrey House Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1937226239
• ISBN 13: 9781937226237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 377