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200 10$aRiding with strangers$b[electronic resource] $ea hitchhiker's journey /$fElijah Wald
210   $aChicago $cChicago Review Press$dc2006
215   $a1 online resource (239 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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327   $aContents; Foreshadowings; A Defense of the Gentle Art of Hitchhiking; Sound and Fury; Service Plaza; Cop; Laws of the Highway; Dangers; Chicago Independent; Missionary; Gods of the Highway; Chinese-Canadian Tourists; Mexican Driver; Night; Truck Stop; Malaise; Rounding St. Louis; Weirdo; Regional Manager; The Literary Life; Hannibal; Hopping Freights; Townspeople; Sleeping Rough; The Tramp's Alarm Clock; Midtown Crossroads; Of Grain Elevators and Skydiving; The Easy Life; Of Toll Bridges and Torts; Of Air Conditioners and Conspiracy; A Historical Investigation
327   $aThe Art and Science of HitchhikingA Vehicular Taxonomy, orNatural History of the Highway; A Fellow Musician; A Ride Across the Plains; Another Night on the Road; Red Desert and Little America; Russian; The Melting Pot; The Whiteness of the Drivers; Corvette; Russian Redux; Dark Streets; And the Gods Laughed; Envoi: Mexico 1987
330   $aThis fascinating tale of the author's cross-country hitchhiking journey is a captivating look into the pleasures and challenges of the open road. As the miles roll by he meets businessmen, missionaries, conspiracy theorists, and truck drivers from all ages and ethnicities who are eager to open their car doors to a wandering stranger. This memoir uncovers the hidden reality that the United States remains hospitable, quirky, and as ready as ever to offer help to a curious traveler. Demonstrating how hitchhiking can be the ultimate in adventure travel?a thrilling exploration of both people a
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