The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing: Long-Distance Motorcycling's Endless Road [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Pierson, Melissa Holbrook

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ISBN 10: 039307904X ISBN 13: 9780393079043

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2011

Riassunto

For the 50,000 members of the Iron Butt Association also known as the "World's Toughest Motorcyclists" long-distance motorcycling is not a pastime but an obsession. These men and women push the limits of human endurance, often in rides of more than one thousand miles a day. Perhaps the most determined of them is John Ryan, a diabetic and a man who even in late middle age loves nothing better than riding impossible distances at no small risk to himself. But why? Melissa Holbrook Pierson, herself a longtime motorcyclist, chronicles the gratifications of long-distance riding as well as the challenges and solitude that accompany it. In seeking to understand why people strive so mightily to reach a goal with no reward other than having gotten there, Pierson gives us an intimate glimpse of a singularly independent yet supportive community and a revealing portrait of its most daring member.

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Book by Pierson Melissa Holbrook

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 039307904X
• ISBN 13: 9780393079043
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 191
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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