No Such Thing as a Free Ride? - A Collection of Hitchhiking Tales, North American Edition

The trip of a lifetime, this unusual collection of stories has something for everyone. Filmmakers, politicians, stand-up comedians, poets, journalists, and carpenters come together through the shared experience of hitching a ride. Governor General Award winner Margaret Avison and American sci-fi novelist Piers Anthony rub shoulders with Randy Bachman and Steven Pinker. Jello Biafra's farcical encounter with shoe-eating cows rivals Alan Dean Foster's whale shark ride and Kage Baker's hilarious account of actors broken down on Interstate 5.
Since the '60s and '70s -- the heyday of hitching -- people have thumbed rides worldwide. Money never changes hands, but all manner of social transactions take place. These tales will open your eyes and take you back -- or forward. Just when you think you've heard it all, turn the page. You'll discover you haven't!

About the author

Simon Sykes is an author, translator, musician, and designer.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Sykes, Tom Sykes
• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2008
• EAN: 9780864925053
• ISBN: 978-0-86492-505-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 203 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 352 g
• Subject: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic