
Ghost Riders
Travels with American Nomads
Richard Grant(Author)
Abacus (Publisher)
Published on 4. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-349-11268-8 (ISBN)
Description
Richard Grant has never spent more than twenty-two consecutive nights under the same roof. Motivated partly by his own wanderlust and partly by his realisation that America is a land populated by wanderers, he set out to test his theory. AMERICAN NOMADS is the extraordinary result. 'Freedom is impossible and meaningless within the confines of sedentary society, the only true freedom is the freedom to cross the land, beholden to no one'. Grant follows the trails of the first European to wander across the American West (a failed conquistador); joins a group of rodeo-competing cowboys (and gets thrown by a mechanical bull); tells the story of the vanishing nomadic Indians and links up with 300,000 'gerito gypsies' - old people who live and travel in their RVs (Recreational Vehicles).
'When all is said and done, there are two types of men: those who stay at home and those who do not' Kipling. This is the story of those that 'did not' who are populated - and are still travelling - in America.
'When all is said and done, there are two types of men: those who stay at home and those who do not' Kipling. This is the story of those that 'did not' who are populated - and are still travelling - in America.
Reviews / Votes
Erudite & street-smart... that rare thing: a travel writer who not only amuses & informs but also reappraises a well trodden landscape with brio & originality * MAIL ON S. * Fascinating . . . [Grant] brings to light a range of darkly romantic wanderers who strayed from the American mainstream while exemplifying the American Dream * OBSERVER * * ....the freshest travel book on the US in a long time & one of the best short entrees to its history & culture * TLS * Wonderful...the people he talks to are allowed to speak for themselves, and there are many extraordinary stories...a thrilling read * THE TIMES *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-349-11268-8 (9780349112688)
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02/2011
Abacus
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Person
Richard Grant has written extensively for the Telegraph Magazine, Guardian, Esquire and numerous other publications. He is the author of Ghost Riders, which won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and Bandit Roads. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.