The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing Long-Distance Motorcycling's Endless Road [Paperback]

Worlds Toughest Motorcycle Riderslong-distance motorcycling is not a pastime but an obsession. In this candid, eloquent, sharply observed book, Melissa Holbrook Pierson introduces us to this strange endeavor and the men and women who live to ride impossibly long distances, eating up road, almost without cease. And who find it nothing but fun.[The books] deeper concern is with reinventing the self at midlife . . . and the way that an avocationeven one that seems incomprehensible to outsiderscan give life meaning.Good motorcycle books dont come along often enough. Books that take you to motorcycle netherworlds and make you look differently at life are even more rare.Starred Review. Piersons marvelously engaging account of her resumption of long-distance motorcycling after years of hiatus proves pure pleasure for the aficionado&. Her stately, lyrical prose, profound respect for the machinery, and sympathy for the extreme adventurers will transport even the most unlikely readers.Written in beautifully expressed prose,Eloquent and probing, Pierson brings us back to the future with the reawakening of her love for motorcycles. Her riding days long dormant, Pierson credits meeting and befriending the charismatic distance rider, John Ryan with guiding her back to bikes and in the process, reminding her of who she is and what makes her sing. A beautiful story of passion and reclamation for anyone who has ever lost the way.Pierson is an even better writer than she is a rider.