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The 2010 Live on the Levee concert series wraps up this Friday, September 3 at 6:30 p.m. with the Adam Tucker Band presented by West Virginia H.O.G. Rally.
Easy Rider starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, now a cult classic, was released in 1969, and in 1974, Robert M. Pirsig wrote Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, his autographical novel about his motorcycle journey across America in the company of his 11-year-old son. Read a variety of travel memoirs from these men and women who were "born to be wild!"
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Breaking the Limit: One Woman's Motorcycle Journey Through North America
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Recounts the author's experiences while riding a motorcycle from New Jersey to Alaska and back. During the journey, she tested the limits of her endurance and conscience, considered her identity as a family member and an American, and encountered a wide range of natural wonders and people.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusChasing Che: A Motorcycle Journey in Search of the Guevara Legend
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A journalist describes his motorcycle odyssey through South America as he searched for the people and places in Che Guevara's "The Motorcycle Diaries," a chronicle of the future revolutionary's 1952 journey through Argentina, Peru and Cuba.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusFeasting on Asphalt: The River Run
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Chronicles the motorcycle trip of the chef and his crew as they sample traditional and local foods from restaurants and diners located off the beaten path, along the Mississippi River, from Louisiana to Minnesota.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusGhost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
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After Peart's wife and daughter died within a short span of time, he decided to escape his pain by undertaking a 55,000 mile motorcycle journey. He records his journey in this collection of journal entries and letters to friends.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusJupiter's Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph
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A journalist for the London Sunday Times, Simon vividly recounts his four-year journey by motorcycle around the world, offering incisive observations about the people, places and customs of four continents.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusLois on the Loose: One Woman, One Motorcycle, 20,000 Miles Across the Americas
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Traces the author's Pacific Coast motorcycle trek from Alaska to the far end of Argentina, a journey during which she shared whimsical misadventures with a series of fellow bikers, bribed her way through Central America, and spent a night in a Mexican brothel.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusLong Way Down: An Epic Journey by Motorcycle from Scotland to South Africa
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This unique travelogue offers the breathtaking account of the author's three-month motorcycle journey across two continents that took him from the northernmost tip of Scotland, across Europe and down through Africa ending in Cape Town.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusThe Longest Ride: My 10-year, 500,000 Mile Motorcycle Journey
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For his eighth birthday, Emilio Scotto received a World Atlas and announced his plan to make a route that would pass through all the countries of the world. Years later Scotto set off on a journey that would last more than a decade, taking him virtually everywhere in the world, and landing him in the Guinness Book of World Records.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusThe Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
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A chronicle of the author's seven-month motorcycle journey throughout South America reveals the beginning of his transformation into a dedicated revolutionary. Also available on DVD.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusPilgrimage on a Steelride: A Memoir About Men and Motorcycles
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The author describes his motorcycle journey through Minnesota and the Rockies to the Alaskan Highway, recalling the events in his life that have made him the man he is today.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusRidin' High, Livin' Free: Hell-Raising Motorcycle Stories
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A Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club chief shares the stories of his life and the lives of fellow bikers, from chases and accidents to accounts of Harleys, the costs of expressing individuality and the quest for freedom. Barger also wrote a novel called Dead in 5 Heartbeats in which Patch Kincade, having suffered a failed marriage due to his stint as the president of a gang-like motorcycle club, learns about the deaths of several rival club members in a fight - which prompts him to participate in peace-keeping efforts.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusSouth of Haunted Dreams: A Ride Through Slavery's Old Back Yard
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The author recounts his motorcycle journey through the South, discusses what it means to be Black, and describes his search for traces of his own great-great grandfather.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusZen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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A journalist recounts his odyssey retracing the cross-country motorcycle trip taken by Robert Pirsig and his son, Chris, that inspired the classic philosophical narrative Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
check for this and similar titles in Novelist PlusKanawha County/Charleston Web Sites
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