| Edition |
1st Grove Press pbk. ed. |
| Description |
311 pages : maps ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published under title: Ghost riders. London : Little, Brown, 2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Richard Grant spent fifteen years wandering throughout the United States, never spending more than three weeks in one place, and getting to know America₂s nomads--truckers, tramps, rodeo cowboys, tie-dyed T-shirt concert followers, flea market traders, retirees who live year-round in their RVs, and the murderous Freight Train Riders of America (FTRA). As an outsider aching for the ₃balm of motion, ₄ Grant uses these lives and his own to examine the myths and realities of the wandering life. Along with a personal account, American Nomads traces the history of wandering in the New World, through vividly told stories of frontiersmen, fur trappers and cowboys, Comanche and Apache warriors, all the way back to the first Spanish explorers who crossed the continent. |
| Subject |
Grant, Richard, 1963- -- Travel -- United States.
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Nomads -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Description and travel.
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West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-
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United States -- Biography.
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Grant, Richard, 1963- (OCoLC)fst00497643
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Nomads. (OCoLC)fst01038439
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States, West. (OCoLC)fst01243255
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1971
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Title |
Ghost riders
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| ISBN |
0802141803 (pbk.) |
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9780802141804 (pbk.) |
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