Across America by Motor-Cycle: Remastered and Reset

This wonderful journal of a journey taken by a young man soon after WWI is a reminder of how beautiful the English language can be, and perhaps less positively, how language use often degrades with the advent of technology and other aspects of modern life. The journal also reminds the reader of how......more

If you like travel logs you'll love this. Now 100 years later it offers you a glimpse into the challenge of travel soon after the advent of motor powered wheel driven vehicles. Amazing difficulties following what had been the crudest of the ancient trails that crossed all regions and first were game......more

A witty non-fiction tale of a sarcastic Brit's journey across America by motorcycle in the early 1900's, when roads were hardly more than mud and gravel and signs were strange totems painted on telegraph poles. The intersection of history, culture and technology here to the modern reader is quite a......more

What does a bored Englishman do when he is at lose ends following the Great War? He buys himself a motorcycle and drives from New York to LA (and then to San Francisco). Does he regret the journey? Given the problems he has with his vehicle (which is quite the lemon — the manufacturer was having labo......more

Enjoyable tale A fun read about an adventuresome RAF Captain and his coast to coast Odyssey by motorcycle in 1922. Well worth your time!......more