Riding Outside the Lines: International Incidents and Other Misadventures with the Metal Cowboy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400047987)

Like a modern-day Don Quixote, Joe Kurmaskie--bike adventurer, writer, and twelve-year-old boy trapped in a man's body--wanders the world on two wheels, often with hilarious results, in Riding Outside the Lines.

A jaunt through such far-flung locations as Ireland, Australia, Mexico, South America, and beyond, here is a collection of tales woven together with one central theme: the world is a much smaller place when you view it from the seat of a bicycle.

Whether he's weekending in the buff after accidentally stumbling into a nudist colony wedding, knocking back red wine in tin cans with a gun-toting ex-bounty hunter, combing the countryside in a quest to find the all-girl bagpipe squad he met in his dreams, or playing a rousing game of ice golf on the frozen tundra, Joe Kurmaskie writes of his gonzo global trek in a spirit infused with insight, good humor, and optimism. Riding Outside the Lines encourages travel buffs and armchair explorers alike to get on your bike and see the beauty of our planet and the colorful souls who populate it.

Author: Joe Kurmaskie
ISBN-10: 1400047986
ISBN-13: 9781400047987
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2003
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2003 pg. 209
Publishers Weekly 02/10/2003 pg. 169
Library Journal 03/15/2003 pg. 105
Booklist 03/15/2003 pg. 1267