Riding Toward Everywhere

The author recounts his train-hopping adventures at the side of fellow accomplice Steve and other underground stowaways, journeys during which he observed the wild scenery of the American West from a grainer platform.

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"A writer whose books tower over the work of his contemporaries." - Washington Post Book World
"A monster; monster talent, ambition, and accomplishment." - Los Angeles Times
"Intrepid journalist and novelist William T. Vollman's colossal body of work stands unsurpassed for its range, moral imperative, and artistry." - Booklist
"Evoking Jack London, Hemingway, Kerouac, Thomas Wolfe and Walt Whitman . . . Vollmann, perhaps more than any other contemporary writer, embodies the questioning, pioneering American jazz-spirit . . . [he] is inspiring; he's contagious." - San Antonio Express-News
"An immense literary talent." - New York Times
"No matter where he has wandered, Vollmann has remained a consistently serious writer, seriously committed to saying something about our broken world." - Esquire

Product details

• Authors: William T. Vollmann
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2008
• EAN: 9780061256752
• ISBN: 978-0-06-125675-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Ecotourism, South America, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Memoirs, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, TRAVEL / South America / General, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Budget, Travel writing, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Sport: general, United States of America, USA, Regional / International studies, Travel guides: adventure holidays, Travel and holiday, North America (USA and Canada), Travel guides: activity holidays, Trains and railways: general interest, Travel guides: budget travel, Travel guides: eco-tourism / ‘green’ tourism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, Sociology / Political Sociology, Sociology / Society & the Economy