Nearing sixty, diagnosed with heart disease and feeling his mortality, Gary Paulsen buys his first Harley-Davidson and rides from his home in New Mexico to Alaska-and from the present into his past, through the landmarks of a singular life. Paulsen's journey is peopled with familiar faces, from the tough cop who saved him from juvenile delinquency to the prostitute whose career advice stopped him from quitting the army.And the work he does while on his bike-the work of mapping his life to find meaning-is of a piece with the pure sweat and muscle of youthful days spent on farms in Minnesota, or at the bottom of septic tank pits in Colorado, or wrangling dogsleds through the Alaskan wilderness.Amid the silence and beauty of running the road on his Harley, Paulsen celebrates the comforts of hard work, the thrill of challenge met bravely, and the peculiar joys of life lived to its fullest.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harcourt Brace International
ISBN-13
9780156007047
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96163824
Product Key Features
Book Title
Zero to Sixty
Author
Gary Paulsen
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Travel Writing
Publication Year
1999
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
203mm
Item Width
135mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Gary Paulsen
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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