{"product_id":"a-bicycle-trip-of-long-leon-w-schroeder-9798218190972","title":"A Bicycle Trip of Long Ago: From Saint Paul, Minnesota to New York, Boston, and back in 1915","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1915, Leon W. Schroeder and his cousin Harwood E. Temple were high school students in St. Paul, Minnesota. With a few basic supplies and a little cash, the two boys set out on a roundtrip bicycle journey to New York and Boston. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey left St. Paul on June 28 and returned home on October 8, after pedaling and walking 3,627 miles through twelve states.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e65 years later, in 1980, Leon Schroeder wrote a detailed description of the entire trip. The 310-page book was typewritten, with photos and illustrations pasted in. Twelve signed and numbered hardbound duplicates were made for family members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2023, one of Leon Schroeder's original typewritten books was digitally photographed to produce this replica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this colorful day-by-day narrative of their bicycle journey, Leon and Harwood provide us with a wonderful view of life in the USA in the early 20th Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was an era of goodwill, generosity, muddy roads, and innocent adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leon W. Schroeder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 821819097X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218190972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Schroeder Family Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.06d","brand":"Leon W. Schroeder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44128700006655,"sku":"9798218190972","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53da1aad-2dbf-4620-91d9-9c234cce2e52.jpg?v=1687460058","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-bicycle-trip-of-long-leon-w-schroeder-9798218190972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}