Author: Basch, Marty (Post it note with inscription by Author),
Title: Against the Wind: A Maine to Alaska Bicycling Adventure.
Description: Intervale, NH, Top of the World Communictn, (1995). 2nd prntg. VG PB. During the summer of 1994, award-winning journalist Marty Basch set out to ride his bicycle from Maine to Alasks. He carried a. laptop computer to file weekly stories to The Conway Daily Sun, The Nashua Telegraph and the Fairbanks News-Miner, Not only did the newspaper readers from both end of America follow the cyclist's adventure but so did those in cyberspace. Known as Rodeman, Basch left his columns along the information highway on America Online while making friends through elecronic mail. Over the course of his 5,000 mile journey through Canada, Basch encountered travelers with amazing tales: a cremated woman being carried to Alaska in a cicyclist's pannier; four cyclists reduced to collecting soda cans along the Alaska Highway to finance the rest of their trip. While in the prairies of Saskatchewan, Basch enlisted the help of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to find his stolen cicycle helmet. He came face-to-face with a grizzly in Alaska's Denali National Park. Who saved him is a surprise. Pictorial cover. Inscription on post-it note "Jack Thank you for your time and interest - Marty" Jack is Jack Barnes, author in Hiram, ME.

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