{"product_id":"a-ride-across-america-a-4000-mile-adventure-through-the-small-towns-and-big-issues-of-the-usa-9781914613876","title":"A Ride Across America: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Through the Small Towns and Big Issues of the USA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Parker magnificently chronicles the America he encounters, a divided, disfranchised collection of states he fears for but comes to love for their generosity, community spirit and sense of hope' Ben East, \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrustrated by the shallow headlines focusing only on Trump, guns and divisions, award-winning travel writer Simon Parker decided that to better understand the USA he would have to travel across it, slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDid the America of his teenage dreams really exist? And was it really as fractured as the headlines suggest? On his journey to find out, Simon cycled 4,373 miles through eleven states and numerous extreme weather events, via mountains and prairie lands, forests and freeways. Along the way he visited homes, schools, churches and rodeos, meeting hundreds of (extra)ordinary Americans behind the clickbait news posts to discover a nation whose portrayal has become vastly oversimplified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e September Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914613876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344","brand":"Simon Parker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299107897525,"sku":"9781914613876","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_84a896f8-a0e1-49a6-a160-140fd7e899f8.jpg?v=1751985330","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-ride-across-america-a-4000-mile-adventure-through-the-small-towns-and-big-issues-of-the-usa-9781914613876","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}