The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing: Long-Distance

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The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing: Long-Distance Motorcycling's Endless Road

â€œPierson is an even better writer than she is a rider.â€â€•Boston Globe
â€œWorldâ€™s Toughest Motorcycle Ridersâ€â€•long-distance motorcycling is not a pastime but an obsession. In this candid, eloquent, sharply observed book, Melissa Holbrook Pierson introduces us to this strange endeavor and the men and women who live to ride impossibly long distances, eating up road, almost without cease. And who find it nothing but fun.

Perhaps the most determined of them is John Ryan, a magnetic, enigmatic man who loves nothing better than breaking records of amazing distanceâ€•at no small risk to himself and his health. But why? Pierson, who rediscovered the joys of motorcycling in the midst of a personal crisis, puts on her helmet and joins Ryan in his element in order to understand his singular desire and discipline, his passion and his obsession.

The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing offers an intimate glimpse of an unusually independent yet supportive community as well as a revealing, unforgettable portrait of its most daring member. In electric, pitch-perfect prose, Pierson gives us rare insights into not only a subculture but also the deeply human craving for something more that drives it.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0393344126_used
Model 0393344126_used
ReleaseDate 2012-11-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393344127

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0393344126_used
Model	0393344126_used
ReleaseDate	2012-11-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780393344127

The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing: Long-Distance Motorcycling's Endless Road