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The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing. Long-distance Motorcycling's Endless Road.
Melissa Holbrook Pierson
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Description for The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing. Long-distance Motorcycling's Endless Road.
Hardback. Here are the pleasures and perils of compulsive long-distance motorcycling-and one man's mission to outride everyone else. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: WGCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
For the 50,000 members of the Iron Butt Association—also known as the "World's Toughest Motorcyclists"—long-distance motorcycling is not a pastime but an obsession. These men and women push the limits of human endurance, often in rides of more than one thousand miles a day. Perhaps the most determined of them is John Ryan, a diabetic and a man who even in late middle age loves nothing better than riding impossible distances at no small risk to himself. But why? Melissa Holbrook Pierson, herself a longtime motorcyclist, chronicles the gratifications of long-distance riding as well as the challenges and solitude that ... Read more
For the 50,000 members of the Iron Butt Association—also known as the "World's Toughest Motorcyclists"—long-distance motorcycling is not a pastime but an obsession. These men and women push the limits of human endurance, often in rides of more than one thousand miles a day. Perhaps the most determined of them is John Ryan, a diabetic and a man who even in late middle age loves nothing better than riding impossible distances at no small risk to himself. But why? Melissa Holbrook Pierson, herself a longtime motorcyclist, chronicles the gratifications of long-distance riding as well as the challenges and solitude that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393079043
SKU
V9780393079043
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About Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Melissa Holbrook Pierson is the author of The Perfect Vehicle, The Place You Love Is Gone, Dark Horses and Black Beauties, and The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing and The Secret History of Kindness. She lives in Shokan, New York.
Reviews for The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing. Long-distance Motorcycling's Endless Road.
"Starred Review. Pierson’s marvelously engaging account of her resumption of long-distance motorcycling after years of hiatus proves pure pleasure for the aficionado…. Her stately, lyrical prose, profound respect for the machinery, and sympathy for the extreme adventurers will transport even the most unlikely readers."
Publishers Weekly "Written in beautifully expressed prose, The Man offers by the bucket-load brilliant insights ... Read more
Publishers Weekly "Written in beautifully expressed prose, The Man offers by the bucket-load brilliant insights ... Read more