Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small Town America

Цена 40.08 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780767922722

Автор

Издатель Broadway

Страниц 256

Год выпуска 2007

Throughout his career, Bill Geist"s most popular stories have been about slightly odd but loveable individuals. Coming on the heels of his 5,600-mile RV trip across our fair land is "Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small Town America", a hilarious and compelling mix of stories about the folks featured in Geist"s segments, along with observations on his twenty years of life on the road. Written in the deadpan style that has endeared him to millions, Geist shares tales of eccentric individuals, such as the ninety-three-year-old pilot-paperboy who delivers to his far-flung subscribers by plane; the Arizona mailman who delivers mail via horseback down the walls of the Grand Canyon; the Muleshoe, Texas, anchorwoman who delivers the news from her bedroom (occasionally wearing her bathrobe); and the struggling Colorado entrepreneur who finds success employing a sewer vacuum to rid Western ranchers of problematic prairie dogs. Geist also takes us to events such as the...