{"product_id":"american-pilgrim-bill-markley-9781462044337","title":"American Pilgrim: A Post-September 11th Bus Trip and Other Tales of the Road","description":"\"God bless the United States and God bless New York City\" proclaimed a sign as the bus rolled through a small Indiana town. In October 2001, author Bill Markley was traveling by public bus from Pierre, South Dakota, to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, for a Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity celebration. The day Markley left South Dakota began simply enough, but soon tragedy unfolded when a deranged man of Croatian descent slit the throat of a Greyhound bus driver causing an accident and throwing the nation's bus system into disarray. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pilgrim\u003c\/i\u003e is an honest account of life on the bus, the characters on the bus, bus culture, and the mood of the American people-reflective, patriotic, and upbeat. In those challenging days after the attacks on 9\/11, everyone struggled to make sense of the world; as Markley worked on this story; it grew beyond the story of a simple 3,000-mile bus trip. He recalls many of his life's detours, recounting past events at locations the bus traveled through and people associated with those locations-a rambling personal history of people, places, and things. The trip took on new meaning and became a spiritual journey into the country's past and Markley's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Markley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462044336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462044337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Bill Markley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48444969615615,"sku":"9781462044337","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ce95110-ea25-4f6d-8fd4-ebe525a629ef.jpg?v=1777215761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-pilgrim-bill-markley-9781462044337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}