"This classic, once hard-to-find travelogue recalls one of the very first around-the-world bicycle treks. Filled with rarely matched feats of endurance and determination, Around the World on a Bicycle tells of a young cyclist's ever-changing and maturing worldview as he ventures through forty countries on the eve of World War II. It is an exuberant, youthful account, harking back to a time when the exploits of Richard Byrd, Amelia Earhart, and other adventurers stirred the popular imagination. In 1935 Fred A. Birchmore left ...
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"This classic, once hard-to-find travelogue recalls one of the very first around-the-world bicycle treks. Filled with rarely matched feats of endurance and determination, Around the World on a Bicycle tells of a young cyclist's ever-changing and maturing worldview as he ventures through forty countries on the eve of World War II. It is an exuberant, youthful account, harking back to a time when the exploits of Richard Byrd, Amelia Earhart, and other adventurers stirred the popular imagination. In 1935 Fred A. Birchmore left the small American town of Athens, Georgia, to continue his college studies in Europe. In his spare time, Birchmore toured the continent on a one-speed bike he called Bucephalus (after the name of Alexander the Great's horse). A born wanderer, Birchmore broadened his travels to include the British Isles and even the Mediterranean. After a lengthy, unplanned detour in Egypt, Birchmore put his studies on hold, pointed Bucephalus eastward, and just kept going. From desert valleys to frozen peaks, from palace promenades to muddy jungle trails, Birchmore saw it all on his eighteen-month, twenty-five-thousand-mile odyssey. Some of the people he encountered had never seen a bike-or, for that matter, an Anglo-European. As a good travel experience should, Birchmore's trip changed his outlook on strangers. Always daring, outgoing, and energetic, he now saw an innate goodness in people. In between bone-breaking spills, wild animal attacks, and privation of all kinds, Birchmore learned that he had little to fear from human encounters. That he traveled through a world on the brink of global war makes this lesson even more remarkable-and timeless"--
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Add this copy of Around the World on a Bicycle to cart. $15.26, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2020 by University of Georgia Press.
Add this copy of Around the World on a Bicycle to cart. $15.47, good condition, Sold by Goodwill of Silicon Valley rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Jose, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Cucumber Island Storytellers.
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Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can included some highlighting and writing page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear.
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Add this copy of Around the World on a Bicycle to cart. $20.00, good condition, Sold by Kurtis A Phillips rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Roswell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Cucumber Island Storytellers.
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Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) A clean and unmarked softcover with a "read-several-times" look & feel. This book is based on a diary the cyclist began in 1939 andi one of the true cross-continent bicycling classics. Black-and-white snapshots by the author. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy cardboard box. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.
Add this copy of Around the World on a Bicycle to cart. $20.99, new condition, Sold by booksXpress, ships from Bayonne, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2020 by University of Georgia Press.
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Add this copy of Around the World on a Bicycle to cart. $29.95, very good condition, Sold by Sessions Book Sales rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Birmingham, AL, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Cucumber Island Storytellers.
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Very Good in None jacket. Adventure Stories. Signed and Inscribed By Author Ex-library. 406 pages. Originally published in 1939. Signed and inscribed by the author of the Foreword, Linda Musick (AKA Melinda Birchmore Musick).
