Metal cowboy
Subtitle: tales from the road less pedaled
By: Joe Kurmaskie
Edition: 1st Three Rivers Press ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780609809112
Subjects: Cyclists; Biography; Journalists
Notes: "Originally published in hardcover by Breakaway Books in 1999"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Oh, to be young and go very, very fast; title: Finding sanctuary in a wild world; title: If you can't run with the big geese, stay on the porch; title: It's a good day to ride!; title: Heartbreak Hotel, the day Elvis took my bike for a spin; title: Making music with the button boy of the Delaware Water Gap; title: The touring cyclist's diet, anything that's not nailed down; title: Cutting corners; title: rough road ahead: Do not exceed posted speed limit; title: Doing the hokey-pokey; title: Trying not to miss the boat; title: Mistaken identity, I pedaled a thousand miles just to slip this skin; title: complications; title: When the going gets tough, metal cowboys head for Aruba; title: The brothers who dreamed of buying back the rodeo; title: Half the battle is getting to the starting line; title: Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum; title: Good night, Samantha; title: Big air; title: The angel of Cherry Hill, New Jersey; title: The next parade; title: A petroglyph is worth a thousand words; title: Way down upon the Suwannee River; title: Storm warnings; title: There's a little Greg LeMond in every touring cyclist; title: The man who couldn't shoot straight; title: The spirit's willing but the flesh is pedaling on borrowed time; title: A walk in the park; title: Heavy loads; title: a Baja state of mind; title: The tree huggers versus the tree cutters, as told by the fence-sitter; title: You can't go home again, but pedaling by it is another story; title: A friendly game of darts; title: Big plans on little buses; title: In transit; title: Black range riding; title: Breakdowns and other blessings; title: Traveling companion; title: The day before the best day of my life; title: Just trying to make it home.