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FitnessProsBooks.com - Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle Adventure

Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle Adventure
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Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.6
EAN: 9780898861099
ISBN: 0898861098
Label: Mountaineers Books
Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 324
Publication Date: 1985-01
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Studio: Mountaineers Books

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Summary: Book Club Favorite
Comment: Our book club has been reading a book a month for 35 years. This one book we read back in the 80's remains our favorite. Everyone loved it and shared it widely with friends. We all enjoyed biking ourselves and members of our group took week long bike trips together. So we had an appreciation for Babara and Larry's around the world adventure. She did not set out to write a book. She sent letters home which became the basis of the book long after the trip was over. That is the real charm of this book. You can think of it as a long series of letters home from your adventurous daughter or son. What a treat and I often see it on the shelf and take it down to re-read some of those charming letters.

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Summary: What not to do when undertaking a bicycle tour of the world
Comment: If the author's intent in undertaking an ambitious round-the-world tour of the world from the vantage point of a bicycle seat was her and her husband's pursuit of a world beyond, possibly even glimpses at a personal utopia, the title, "Miles from Nowhere" is a perfect fit. Utopia is Latin for nowhere (actually no place) and it seemed as though they were indeed miles from nowhere and paid a very heavy price for the travel pleasures they accrued. An appropriate subtitle would be Sisyphus and Cycling.

I gave the book five stars for two reasons:
1) Barbara Savage was an honest, talented writer (I was very saddened to read of her death), and
2) You must buy this book and read it if you wish to profit from the trying and disastrous experiences of a couple driven less by sense and more by pure guts and raw courage

Should I undertake something even remotely similar I would studiously avoid the many trials the Savages endured due to naivete and lack of preparation. Call me a wimp but what these folks went through was continuous mental and physical exhaustion. Again, I give them an A plus for guts and determination and a D minus for planning.

For anybody with lesser qualifications than the Navy Seals A-team - read this book and make your arrangements accordingly.

Robert Gochicoa

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Summary: Great adventure
Comment: This is a touching book & a great story. Barbara is a funny person & someone I would have liked to meet. It is great to travel with Barbara around the world on her bike. You also really feel like you get to know her. After you read this book you will likely try to search on the net & find a little more about her. She had a sad tragic ending, I am glad she got to see & do all she did - and we got to share it with her.



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Summary: Miles from nowhere!
Comment: Great book about seeing the world the hard but personal way. Barbara doesn't leave anything out.
Too bad she is no longer with us.

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Summary: I Love this Book.
Comment: I Love this book. Even though it was published years ago I still track down copies to give to friends. It is my all time favorite book. Pillars of the earth is a close 2nd. Enjoy.


Editorial Reviews:

This is the delightful and often humorous story of an around-the-world bicycle trip taken by two young people, Barbara and Larry Savage.

It took them two years and 25 countries. Along the way, these neophyte cyclists encountered warm-hearted strangers, bicycle-hating drivers, rock-throwing Egyptians, over-protective Thai policemen, and great personal joys.

They returned to a new life in Santa Barbara, one Barbara never lived to savor. She was killed in a street accident, Barbara and her bicycle vs. a truck. We are lucky to have this memoir, throughout which her vitality, warmth and compassion glow.

Slightly edited for radio presentation.


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