Ghost Riders by Richard Grant
* Ghost Riders combines history, travelogue and a revealing personal narrative to create a multi-dimensional map of the travelling soul.
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 *
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 *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349112688 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349112681 |
| Title | Ghost Riders |
| Author | Richard Grant |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2003-12-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of Thomas Cook Travel Awards 2004 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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