Books tagged: hitchhiking

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The Rucksack Letters    by Steve McAllister
Price: $9.99 USD. 85150 words. Published on December 12, 2009. .

In 2001, Steve McAllister decided to leave behind the life that he knew and follow the footsteps of Kerouac down the road less traveled. Filled with colorful characters, blazing humor, and somber soul-searching through the vivid tapestry of America’s underbelly, "The Rucksack Letters" is a pivotal first step at a time when the world is seeking a new path.
On the Road to Heaven    by Coke Newell
Price: $2.99 USD. 122320 words. Published by Zarahemla Books  on March 31, 2010. .

In a style reminiscent of Jack Kerouac, Coke Newell's groundbreaking autobiographical novel traces an LSD-to-LDS pilgrimage across two continents. From Colorado's 1970s hippie heyday to the coca fields of Colombia, it's a journey through Thoreau ascetics, Ram Dass Taoism, and Edward Abbey monkey-wrenching to the mission fields of one of the world's most conservative contemporary religions.
The Trip - A True Karmal Korn Adventure    by Jeffrey Koconis
Price: $2.99 USD. 19650 words. Published on March 7, 2011. .

Two teenage boys decide to hitchhike to California during the heyday of the anti-Vietnam War counterculture on a quest to experience the essence of the hippie phenomena they have embraced as their identity. Humor and love are blended with fear and hatred as they encounter the people and events that transform them from boys to men. It is a timeless story of youth coming of age in a divided nation.
Among Women    by JM Cornwell
Price: $0.99 USD. 95100 words. Published on March 8, 2011. .

Imagine a modern Scheherazade in New Orleans in 1984.
The Lost Poem    by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3230 words. Published on May 23, 2011. .

This is an excerpt from the memoir "World Without Pain: The Story of a Search". In the 1970s, while hitchhiking through southeastern Iran on his way to India, another traveler stole Walters' passport. Forced to return to Tehran, totally broke, he begged on the streets for weeks while trying to obtain a new one. The lost poem arose from his despair.
Control Switch On - A True Story of the World's Most Powerful Man    by Ira Teller Esq., Pharm.D.
Price: Free! 64880 words. Published on May 25, 2011. .

Hitch the ride of your life with Ira Teller as he journeys into the mysterious realms of science, invents—the most advanced technology in existence and teams up with Ryan Moran—the singularly most powerful man in the world. Witness the rise of Ryan Moran’s global control over existing nations. Experience his might and power to achieve lasting world peace in this free and true online book!
...so I did    by Giulio Saggin
Price: $3.99 USD. 23800 words. Published on June 22, 2011. .

In 1998 Giulio Saggin hitchhiked all the way around Australia, photographing everyone who gave him a lift and writing about each hitch. His journey lasted eight-and-a-half months and he hitchhiked in excess of 23,000km - over halfway around the world. ...so I did recounts in words and photos his extraordinary journey, and proves that everyone has a story to tell.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Enlightenment    by Stan Kahn
Price: $4.20 USD. 69740 words. Published on August 6, 2011. .

The Hitchhiker’s Guide is an exposition of mysticism and spirituality themed on my extensive experience thumbing around America - between 1968 and 1980 I did 60 to 70,000 miles. Around half of that was done without money. The Oregon commune I lived on for nearly five years provided a great springboard for hitching exploration as well as an education in cosmic togetherness.
The Devil's Pretty Daughter    by Nicola Rain Jordan
Price: Free! 3160 words. Published on August 8, 2011. .

An Australian backpacker hitches a ride across British Columbia with Canada's worst serial killer.
19th Year: A Memoir of 1972-1973    by Chris Hables Gray
Price: $2.99 USD. 65460 words. Published on December 27, 2011. .

19th Year: A Memoir of 1972-1973 covers my first hitchhiking trip across country, protesting at the 1972 Republican Convention in Miami and traveling rough through Europe and North Africa.