{"product_id":"eat-the-wind-dan-wake-9781611536416","title":"Eat the Wind: Travels with Dictators, Mercenaries, and Queens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An improbable journey of high adventures and unusual encounters on four continents, all before smartphones changed the world of travel.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e-Simon Calder, Travel Journalist \u0026amp; Broadcaster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating from Stanford, Dan Wake was on track for a lucrative partnership at a big Washington law firm until he gave it all up to put adventure over career in 1985. It wasn't the first time he'd rolled the dice to explore the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom hitchhiking in freewheeling Europe to riding buses through the Amazon jungle to roaming through Asia in the shadow of dictatorship, Wake embraced the unpredictability of the open road and developed a Forrest Gump-like knack for dropping into events making world headlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether he is charming his way through a royal jubilee in London, criss-crossing the Philippines during a bloody revolution, or simply finding remarkable people in remote places, Wake uses high adventure and keen humor to unveil the magic of unscripted travel before the internet changed the world. Eat the Wind vividly brings that enchantment alive and shows how it seduced a lifelong overachiever to risk his career for a chance to take the journey of a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Wake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611536413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611536416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Torchflame Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Dan Wake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084288041215,"sku":"9781611536416","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eat-the-wind-dan-wake-9781611536416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}