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3%OFFDavid Reynolds - Slow Road to Brownsville: A Journey Through the Heart of the Old West - 9781771640497 - V9781771640497
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Slow Road to Brownsville: A Journey Through the Heart of the Old West

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Description for Slow Road to Brownsville: A Journey Through the Heart of the Old West Paperback. .
"Immensely illuminating and enjoyable account of a road trip along Highway 83 ...Books like [Reynold's] prove that good travel writing remains not only very much alive, but essential."--The Bookseller In Slow Road to Brownsville, David Reynolds embarks on a road trip along Highway 83, a little-known two-lane highway built in 1926 that runs from Swan River, Manitoba, to the Mexican border at Brownsville, Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico. Growing up in a small town in England, Reynolds was enthralled by both the myth of the Wild West and the myth of the open road. This road trip is ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
510g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9781771640497
SKU
V9781771640497
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About David Reynolds
David Reynolds was one of the founders of Bloomsbury Publishing and is now a director of Old Street Publishing. Based in London, he is the author of Swan River: A Memoir of a Family Mystery, which was shortlisted for the PEN/Acklerley Prize for Autobiography and Memoir.

Reviews for Slow Road to Brownsville: A Journey Through the Heart of the Old West
A Bookseller UK Editor's Choice "Reynolds ... rides off, a lone English ranger, into a historical North American hinterland that exists as much in mythical reference as in modern reality. ... Ride shotgun with Reynolds as he pit-stops at diners and gas stations, and detours by way of legendary landmarks, where he reflectively enjoys cracker-barrel wisdom, saloon-bar wit, and good-ol' ... Read more

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