{"product_id":"momentum-is-your-friend-joe-kurmaskie-9781891369650","title":"Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America","description":"\u003cp\u003e Most people bring their \u003ci\u003einner \u003c\/i\u003echild on an epic adventure. Joe \"Metal Cowboy\" Kurmaskie actually took his two kids along. For a 4,000-mile bicycle ride across America, Joe's seven-year-old son, Quinn, rides a tagalong bike attached to his dad's; and behind that is five-year-old Enzo in a bike trailer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Our hero the Metal Cowboy answers the question \"What are you, crazy?\" with a resounding and cheerful \"Yes.\" Unassisted--with no support crew except his boys' comic relief and the periodic kindness of strangers--he pedals hundreds of pounds of gear and offspring over mountain passes, across the wide plains, through thunderstorms, and into the heart of what it means to be a dad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Along the way they encounter everything that makes up America--small-town kindness and inner-city heart, wild horses and highway roadkill, a?bitter Vietnam vet and a hopeful young inventor, grizzly bears and bison roaming free, cyclists and monstrous RVs, a very peppy cheerleader and a visitation from the ghost of the author's father, horrible traffic and serene dirt roads, a monastery and a distillery, baseball, and yes, lots of pie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time they reach Washington, DC, two months after leaving Portland, Oregon, they've bonded in a rare way. Kurmaskie\u003cbr\u003ewrites, \"We share a secret, the three of us; one permanent summer in our hearts now, where we're never apart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Kurmaskie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1891369652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781891369650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Breakaway Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.34w x 1.15d","brand":"Joe Kurmaskie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44616855585023,"sku":"9781891369650","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06883318-d459-47c5-8473-8a8877f51eec.jpg?v=1703022701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/momentum-is-your-friend-joe-kurmaskie-9781891369650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}