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‘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’\u00c2\u00a0Ben East,\u00c2\u00a0Observer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Frustrated by the shallow headlines focusing only on Trump, borders and division, award-winning travel writer Simon Parker decided that to better understand today’s USA he would have to travel across it, slowly.<\/p>\n

Did 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Compelling, funny and highly topical account of a bike ride through the heartlands of America, in the company of its endlessly surprising citizens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15971],"product_tag":[27754,28203,259],"class_list":["post-109472","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-travel","product_tag-cycling-general-touring","product_tag-expeditions-popular-accounts","product_tag-memoirs","pa_book_author-parker-simon","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-917-304934-edition23","pa_imprint-duckworth","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8634","pa_publisher-duckworth","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nA Ride Across America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"'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'\u00c2\u00a0Ben East,\u00c2\u00a0ObserverFrustrated by the shallow headlines focusing only on Trump, borders and division, award-winning travel writer Simon Parker decided that to better understand today's USA he would have to travel across it, slowly.Did the America of his teenage dreams really exist? 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