{"product_id":"highway-odyssey-alexander-flint-9781432766696","title":"Highway Odyssey: Traveling to, or Running From","description":"\u003ci\u003eHighway Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e began in the summer of 1978 with a man and his seven year old son. They drove from New York to Colorado in search of adventure. The man soon realized that he was searching, not for adventure, but for his identity. Having recently been separated from his wife of fifteen years and having five kids together, the man was emotionally overwhelmed by the change in his status. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat was originally planned to be a short visit with old friends turned into an understanding of his responsibility in his position as a single father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlint found matters of interest among the culturally diverse families he stayed with and many interesting characters along the way. These events led him to understand the struggle with the self doubts that originated with his rejection from his fifteen year marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBackpacking to the high altitude snow fields of the Grand Teton Mountains in Wyoming, turned into an event that made his seven year old son a candidate for the Guiness Book of World Records. This occurred with the challenge of climbing over a closed pass, without any technical gear, on to Hurricane Pass. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHighway Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e covering a period that reaches well back into the nineteenth century and the lives of his ancestors, is based on thoughts drawn into his memory as he drove thousands of miles across highways. Such was his enjoyment, that Flint continued this marathon trek over twenty four consecutive summers. Sitting behind the wheel of his custom van in 1978, Flint begins the examination of his identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom rodeo riding, motorcycle touring, competing in hundred mile bicycle road races, pedaling on single track mountain trails with his fat tire bike to ghost towns and overnight horseback trips on the isolated Colorado Trail, Flint found his nirvana. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the close connection with his children, the deaths of friends and his parents, this man comes to realize the priorities in his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Flint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1432766694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781432766696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Alexander Flint","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169841639679,"sku":"9781432766696","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7acaaaf2-f5c6-4832-be36-34fa6e076ee5.jpg?v=1689655235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/highway-odyssey-alexander-flint-9781432766696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}