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Roads audiobook
- By: Larry McMurtry
- Narrator: George Guidall
- Category: Road Travel, Travel
- Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2001
- Language: English
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Roads Audiobook Summary
As he crisscrosses America — driving in search of the present, the past, and himself — Larry McMurtry shares his fascination with this nation’s great trails and the culture that has developed around them.
Ever since he was a boy growing up in Texas only a mile from Highway 281, Larry McMurtry has felt the pull of the road. His town was thoroughly landlocked, making the highway his “river, its hidden reaches a mystery and an enticement. I began my life beside it and I want to drift down the entire length of it before I end this book.”
In Roads, McMurtry embarks on a cross-country trip where his route is also his destination. As he drives, McMurtry reminisces about the places he’s seen, the people he’s met, and the books he’s read, including more than 3,000 books about travel. He explains why watching episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show might be the best way to find joie de vivre in Minnesota; the scenic differences between Route 35 and I-801; which vigilantes lived in Montana and which hailed from Idaho; and the history of Lewis and Clark, Sitting Bull, and Custer that still haunts Route 2 today.
As it makes its way from South Florida to North Dakota, from eastern Long Island to Oregon, Roads is travel writing at its best.
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Roads Full Details
| Narrator | George Guidall |
| Length | 6 hours 32 minutes |
| Author | Larry McMurtry |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 30, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780375418471 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Roads is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: road trip, americana, road trip essentials, travel writing, travel gifts, food, travelogue, biographies, travel book, history, travel, travel books, rv, bucket list, america, usa, rv accessories, camper accessories, rv living, travel diary, camper gifts, rv gifts, road trip usa, rv camping, 50 states, rv accessories fun, travels, rv books, travel memoirs, gifts for rv owners, travel books usa, food books, us travel, rv camping gifts, traveling books, travelogues, travel memoir, travelogue books, travel books united states, essays, Travel, Road Travel, Travel, Essays & Travelogues, Travel, United States, General The BISAC Subject Code is Road Travel, Travel
Additional info
The publisher of the Roads is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780375418471.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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